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  • Wired: Amazon Rebuilt Alexa Using a ‘Staggering’ Amount of AI Tools

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-daniel-rausch-alexa-plus/ Source: Wired Title: Amazon Rebuilt Alexa Using a ‘Staggering’ Amount of AI Tools Feedly Summary: From writing code to testing the new Alexa+, Amazon engineers used generative AI throughout the build process. We talk to Amazon’s Daniel Rausch about the next version of the voice assistant. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Slashdot: Meta Invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/13/0146238/meta-invests-143-billion-in-scale-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Meta Invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta’s substantial $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, along with the recruitment of its CEO, signifies a strategic initiative to enhance their AI capabilities, aiming specifically for advancements towards artificial general intelligence. This move…

  • Slashdot: Meta Is Creating a New AI Lab To Pursue ‘Superintelligence’

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/10/0738216/meta-is-creating-a-new-ai-lab-to-pursue-superintelligence?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Meta Is Creating a New AI Lab To Pursue ‘Superintelligence’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Meta is launching a new AI research lab focused on achieving “superintelligence,” led by industry figures including Alexandr Wang from Scale AI, as part of its effort to enhance competitive positioning…

  • Slashdot: AI Industry Tells US Congress: ‘We Need Energy’

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/04/12/0633243/ai-industry-tells-us-congress-we-need-energy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Industry Tells US Congress: ‘We Need Energy’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the urgent energy needs for AI development in the United States, emphasizing bipartisan support for increased energy production to sustain data centers as AI technology evolves. Industry leaders stress the…

  • The Register: Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/privacy_dead_opinion/ Source: The Register Title: Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid Feedly Summary: From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there’s no escape Opinion I was going to write a story about how Amazon is no longer even pretending to respect your privacy. But, really, why bother?……

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: The "think" tool: Enabling Claude to stop and think in complex tool use situations

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/21/the-think-tool/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: The "think" tool: Enabling Claude to stop and think in complex tool use situations Feedly Summary: The “think" tool: Enabling Claude to stop and think in complex tool use situations Fascinating new prompt engineering trick from Anthropic. They use their standard tool calling mechanism to define a…

  • Hacker News: Amazon to kill off local Alexa processing, all voice requests shipped to cloud

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/17/amazon_kills_on_device_alexa/ Source: Hacker News Title: Amazon to kill off local Alexa processing, all voice requests shipped to cloud Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s decision to discontinue the local processing option for voice commands on Alexa has raised significant privacy concerns among users. This change, effective March 28, 2025,…