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  • AWS News Blog: AWS Weekly Roundup: South America expansion, Q Developer in OpenSearch, and more (May 12, 2025)

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-south-america-expansion-q-developer-in-opensearch-and-more-may-12-2025/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: AWS Weekly Roundup: South America expansion, Q Developer in OpenSearch, and more (May 12, 2025) Feedly Summary: I’ve always been fascinated by how quickly we’re able to stand up new Regions and Availability Zones at AWS. Today there are 36 launched Regions and 114 launched Availability Zones.…

  • Cloud Blog: Understand why your metrics moved with contribution analysis in BigQuery ML, now GA

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/bigquery-ml-contribution-analysis-models-now-ga/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Understand why your metrics moved with contribution analysis in BigQuery ML, now GA Feedly Summary: The key to effective data-driven decision making is quickly processing and extracting insights from large amounts of data. However, doing this efficiently and at scale is a challenge.  Imagine a retail scenario where…

  • CSA: Agentic AI: Understanding Its Evolution, Risks, and Security Challenges

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    Source URL: https://www.troj.ai/blog/agentic-ai-risks-and-security-challenges Source: CSA Title: Agentic AI: Understanding Its Evolution, Risks, and Security Challenges Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the evolution and significance of agentic AI systems, highlighting the complexities and security challenges that arise from their autonomous and adaptive nature. It emphasizes the need for robust governance,…

  • Slashdot: What Happens If AI Coding Keeps Improving?

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/11/0623242/what-happens-if-ai-coding-keeps-improving?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: What Happens If AI Coding Keeps Improving? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the rising significance of generative AI tools in coding, highlighting that tools like Cursor and Windsurf significantly reduce human oversight in software development. It notes the increasing integration of AI in…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Trying out llama.cpp’s new vision support

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/10/llama-cpp-vision/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Trying out llama.cpp’s new vision support Feedly Summary: This llama.cpp server vision support via libmtmd pull request – via Hacker News – was merged earlier today. The PR finally adds full support for vision models to the excellent llama.cpp project. It’s documented on this page, but the…

  • Slashdot: CrowdStrike, Responsible For Global IT Outage, To Cut Jobs In AI Efficiency Push

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/0920225/crowdstrike-responsible-for-global-it-outage-to-cut-jobs-in-ai-efficiency-push?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: CrowdStrike, Responsible For Global IT Outage, To Cut Jobs In AI Efficiency Push Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: CrowdStrike, a notable cybersecurity firm, is cutting 5% of its workforce due to efficiencies gained through AI. The CEO highlighted AI’s transformative impact on their operations, indicating that…

  • Cloud Blog: From LLMs to image generation: Accelerate inference workloads with AI Hypercomputer

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/ai-hypercomputer-inference-updates-for-google-cloud-tpu-and-gpu/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: From LLMs to image generation: Accelerate inference workloads with AI Hypercomputer Feedly Summary: From retail to gaming, from code generation to customer care, an increasing number of organizations are running LLM-based applications, with 78% of organizations in development or production today. As the number of generative AI applications…

  • Slashdot: IRS Hopes To Replace Fired Enforcement Workers With AI

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/0138207/irs-hopes-to-replace-fired-enforcement-workers-with-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: IRS Hopes To Replace Fired Enforcement Workers With AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The IRS plans to leverage AI to enhance tax collection efficiency amidst significant staffing cuts. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent emphasized that advancements in IT and AI could counterbalance reductions in personnel while…

  • Cloud Blog: New column-granularity indexing in BigQuery offers a leap in query performance

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/search-indexes-with-column-granularity-in-bigquery/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: New column-granularity indexing in BigQuery offers a leap in query performance Feedly Summary: BigQuery delivers optimized search/lookup query performance by efficiently pruning irrelevant files. However, in some cases, additional column information is required for search indexes to further optimize query performance. To help, we recently announced indexing with…

  • Wired: Singapore’s Vision for AI Safety Bridges the US-China Divide

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/singapore-ai-safety-global-consensus/ Source: Wired Title: Singapore’s Vision for AI Safety Bridges the US-China Divide Feedly Summary: In a rare moment of global consensus, AI researchers from the US, Europe, and Asia came together in Singapore to form a plan for researching AI risks. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a significant…