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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: DeepSeek 3.1

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/22/deepseek-31/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: DeepSeek 3.1 Feedly Summary: DeepSeek 3.1 The latest model from DeepSeek, a 685B monster (like DeepSeek v3 before it) but this time it’s a hybrid reasoning model. DeepSeek claim: DeepSeek-V3.1-Think achieves comparable answer quality to DeepSeek-R1-0528, while responding more quickly. Drew Breunig points out that their benchmarks…

  • Slashdot: Meta Signs $10 Billion Cloud Deal With Google

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    Source URL: https://meta.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/2043255/meta-signs-10-billion-cloud-deal-with-google Source: Slashdot Title: Meta Signs $10 Billion Cloud Deal With Google Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has entered into a significant six-year cloud computing partnership with Meta, valued at over $10 billion, to support Meta’s extensive AI infrastructure. This collaboration highlights the growing intersection of cloud computing and…

  • The Register: Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/firefox_142/ Source: The Register Title: Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links Feedly Summary: CRLite, link previews, and a llama-shaped surprise for devs Good news, everyone! The new version of Mozilla’s browser now makes even more extensive use of AI, providing summaries of linked content and offering developers the…

  • OpenAI : Accelerating life sciences research

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/accelerating-life-sciences-research-with-retro-biosciences Source: OpenAI Title: Accelerating life sciences research Feedly Summary: Discover how a specialized AI model, GPT-4b micro, helped OpenAI and Retro Bio engineer more effective proteins for stem cell therapy and longevity research. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the utilization of a specialized AI model, GPT-4b micro, in…

  • The Register: DeepSeek’s new V3.1 release points to potent new Chinese chips coming soon

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/deepseek_v31_chinese_chip_hints/ Source: The Register Title: DeepSeek’s new V3.1 release points to potent new Chinese chips coming soon Feedly Summary: Point release retuned with new FP8 datatype for better compatibility with homegrown silicon Chinese AI darling DeepSeek unveiled an update to its flagship large language model that the company claims is already optimized for…

  • Cloud Blog: How startups can help build — and benefit from — the AI revolution

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/industry-leaders-on-whats-next-for-startups-and-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How startups can help build — and benefit from — the AI revolution Feedly Summary: Startups are at the forefront of generative AI development, pushing current capabilities and unlocking new potential. Building on our Future of AI: Perspectives for Startups 2025 report, several of the AI industry leaders…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Mustafa Suleyman

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/21/mustafa-suleyman/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Mustafa Suleyman Feedly Summary: Simply put, my central worry is that many people will start to believe in the illusion of AIs as conscious entities so strongly that they’ll soon advocate for AI rights, model welfare and even AI citizenship. This development will be a dangerous…

  • The Register: Baidu robocabs break even in low-fare China, company expects to cash in elsewhere

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/baidu_q2_2025/ Source: The Register Title: Baidu robocabs break even in low-fare China, company expects to cash in elsewhere Feedly Summary: Web giant reworks AI infra to improve utilization, with mix of chips from home and away Chinese web giant Baidu is already breaking even with robotaxi operations in China and is confident they…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Warns Excel’s New AI Function ‘Can Give Incorrect Responses’ in High-Stakes Scenarios

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/20/128217/microsoft-warns-excels-new-ai-function-can-give-incorrect-responses-in-high-stakes-scenarios?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Warns Excel’s New AI Function ‘Can Give Incorrect Responses’ in High-Stakes Scenarios Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is testing a new AI feature called COPILOT in Excel that leverages OpenAI’s gpt-4.1-mini model for automating spreadsheet tasks through natural language. While it presents innovative capabilities…