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  • The Register: OpenAI says models are programmed to make stuff up instead of admitting ignorance

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/openai_hallucinations_incentives/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI says models are programmed to make stuff up instead of admitting ignorance Feedly Summary: Even a wrong answer is right some of the time AI models often produce false outputs, or “hallucinations." Now OpenAI has admitted they may result from fundamental mistakes it makes when training its…

  • Slashdot: Anthropic Refuses Federal Agencies From Using Claude for Surveillance Tasks

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/145230/anthropic-refuses-federal-agencies-from-using-claude-for-surveillance-tasks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Anthropic Refuses Federal Agencies From Using Claude for Surveillance Tasks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Anthropic’s decision to prohibit the use of its Claude AI models for surveillance by federal law enforcement reflects a significant stance on ethical considerations in AI use. This policy highlights the…

  • Cloud Blog: How California is transforming public services with Google Cloud

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/how-california-is-transforming-public-services-with-google-cloud/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How California is transforming public services with Google Cloud Feedly Summary: State and local governments across the nation face a myriad of challenges, including strained budgets, aging infrastructure, and a complex regulatory landscape. In California, these challenges are compounded by a rapidly growing population and increasing demand for…

  • The Register: Microsoft pens $15B love letter to the UK with 23,000 Nvidia GPUs attached

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/microsoft_uk_ai_cash/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft pens $15B love letter to the UK with 23,000 Nvidia GPUs attached Feedly Summary: Redmond woos Blighty with cloud and AI infrastructure splurge as Trump comes to town Microsoft appears to have trumped Google’s UK datacenter ambitions with a $15 billion investment in cloud and AI infrastructure…

  • Scott Logic: Greener AI – what matters, what helps, and what we still do not know

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    Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/09/16/greener-ai-lit-review.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Greener AI – what matters, what helps, and what we still do not know Feedly Summary: We recently undertook a literature review about the environmental impact of AI, across carbon, energy, and water. It offers practical strategies for teams to reduce impact today, while highlighting the gaps in…

  • Slashdot: Google Releases VaultGemma, Its First Privacy-Preserving LLM

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/16/000202/google-releases-vaultgemma-its-first-privacy-preserving-llm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Releases VaultGemma, Its First Privacy-Preserving LLM Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses recent advancements in LLMs, particularly surrounding the integration of differential privacy to mitigate the risk of memorization of sensitive training data. It highlights the balance between privacy and model performance, introducing…

  • Tomasz Tunguz: How AI Tools Differ from Human Tools

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    Source URL: https://www.tomtunguz.com/tools-evolution/ Source: Tomasz Tunguz Title: How AI Tools Differ from Human Tools Feedly Summary: Now that we’ve compressed nearly all human knowledge into large language models, the next frontier is tool calling. Chaining together different AI tools enables automation. The shift from thinking to doing represents the real breakthrough in AI utility. I’ve…

  • The Register: ‘Powerful but dangerous’ full MCP support beta for ChatGPT arrives

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/15/full_mcp_support_in_beta_chatgpt/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Powerful but dangerous’ full MCP support beta for ChatGPT arrives Feedly Summary: ‘Wow this is dangerous’ says Django dev, while others call feature a ‘game-changer’ OpenAI has added a beta of Developer mode to ChatGPT, enabling full read and write support for MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, though…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Models can prompt now

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/14/models-can-prompt/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Models can prompt now Feedly Summary: Here’s an interesting example of models incrementally improving over time: I am finding that today’s leading models are competent at writing prompts for themselves and each other. A year ago I was quite skeptical of the pattern where models are used…