Tag: AI applications

  • Cloud Blog: Gemini momentum continues with launch of 2.5 Flash-Lite and general availability of 2.5 Flash and Pro on Vertex AI

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-2-5-flash-lite-flash-pro-ga-vertex-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Gemini momentum continues with launch of 2.5 Flash-Lite and general availability of 2.5 Flash and Pro on Vertex AI Feedly Summary: The momentum of the Gemini 2.5 era continues to build. Following our recent announcements, we’re empowering enterprise builders and developers with even greater access to the intelligence,…

  • Schneier on Security: Where AI Provides Value

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/where-ai-provides-value.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Where AI Provides Value Feedly Summary: If you’ve worried that AI might take your job, deprive you of your livelihood, or maybe even replace your role in society, it probably feels good to see the latest AI tools fail spectacularly. If AI recommends glue as a pizza…

  • The Register: Defense Department signs OpenAI for $200 million ‘frontier AI’ pilot project

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/17/dod_openai_contract/ Source: The Register Title: Defense Department signs OpenAI for $200 million ‘frontier AI’ pilot project Feedly Summary: DoD says deal covers ‘warfighting’. OpenAI merely mentions healthcare and ‘supporting proactive cyber defense’ The US Department of Defense has contracted OpenAI to run a pilot program that will create “frontier AI," but it’s not…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-fragments-youtube

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/14/llm-fragments-youtube/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-fragments-youtube Feedly Summary: llm-fragments-youtube Excellent new LLM plugin by Agustin Bacigalup which lets you use the subtitles of any YouTube video as a fragment for running prompts against. I tried it out like this: llm install llm-fragments-youtube llm -f youtube:dQw4w9WgXcQ \ ‘summary of people and what they…

  • Slashdot: Enterprise AI Adoption Stalls As Inferencing Costs Confound Cloud Customers

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/13/210224/enterprise-ai-adoption-stalls-as-inferencing-costs-confound-cloud-customers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Enterprise AI Adoption Stalls As Inferencing Costs Confound Cloud Customers Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the dynamics of enterprise adoption of AI, highlighting that while cloud infrastructure spending is growing, the unpredictability of inference costs in the cloud is causing enterprises to reassess…

  • Cloud Blog: How good is your AI? Gen AI evaluation at every stage, explained

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/how-to-evaluate-your-gen-ai-at-every-stage/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How good is your AI? Gen AI evaluation at every stage, explained Feedly Summary: As AI moves from promising experiments to landing core business impact, the most critical question is no longer “What can it do?" but "How well does it do it?".  Ensuring the quality, reliability, and…

  • Slashdot: Salesforce Blocks AI Rivals From Using Slack Data

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/13/1443216/salesforce-blocks-ai-rivals-from-using-slack-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Salesforce Blocks AI Rivals From Using Slack Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Slack’s recent decision to block other software firms from searching or storing messages may undermine AI startups that depend on such access to enhance their services. This move is indicative of growing privacy…