Tag: Alexa

  • The Register: Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/infosec_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume Feedly Summary: Also: Crypto hacks will continue; CoD hacker gets thousands banned, and more in brief One of the suspected masterminds behind the widespread Snowflake breach has been arrested in Canada – but the saga isn’t over,…

  • Wired: Man Arrested for Snowflake Hacking Spree Faces US Extradition

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/connor-moucka-snowflake-hack-arrest-extradition/ Source: Wired Title: Man Arrested for Snowflake Hacking Spree Faces US Extradition Feedly Summary: Alexander “Connor” Moucka was arrested this week by Canadian authorities for allegedly carrying out a series of hacks that targeted Snowflake’s cloud customers. His next stop may be a US jail. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Claude API: PDF support (beta)

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/1/claude-api-pdf-support-beta/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Claude API: PDF support (beta) Feedly Summary: Claude API: PDF support (beta) Claude 3.5 Sonnet now accepts PDFs as attachments: The new Claude 3.5 Sonnet (claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022) model now supports PDF input and understands both text and visual content within documents. I just released llm-claude-3 0.7 with support…

  • Slashdot: Amazon Delays AI-Powered Alexa Upgrade Amid Technical Challenges

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/31/1250208/amazon-delays-ai-powered-alexa-upgrade-amid-technical-challenges?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amazon Delays AI-Powered Alexa Upgrade Amid Technical Challenges Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s decision to delay the rollout of its AI-enhanced Alexa voice assistant to 2025 highlights substantial challenges in upgrading its existing architecture. This postponement is particularly relevant in the context of AI advancements…

  • Cloud Blog: C4A VMs now GA: Our first custom Arm-based Axion CPU

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/try-c4a-the-first-google-axion-processor/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: C4A VMs now GA: Our first custom Arm-based Axion CPU Feedly Summary: At Google Next ‘24, we announced Google Axion Processors, our first custom Arm®-based CPUs designed for the data center. Today, we’re thrilled to announce the general availability of C4A virtual machines, the first Axion-based VM series,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Anthropic: Message Batches (beta)

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/8/anthropic-batch-mode/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Anthropic: Message Batches (beta) Feedly Summary: Anthropic: Message Batches (beta) Anthropic now have a batch mode, allowing you to send prompts to Claude in batches which will be processed within 24 hours (though probably much faster than that) and come at a 50% price discount. This matches…

  • Slashdot: Amazon Turns To Anthropic’s AI For Alexa Revamp

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/08/30/2031230/amazon-turns-to-anthropics-ai-for-alexa-revamp?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amazon Turns To Anthropic’s AI For Alexa Revamp Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The upcoming update of Amazon’s AI-driven Alexa assistant will utilize Anthropic’s Claude AI models due to performance challenges with its proprietary technology. This change underscores a strategic shift in how Amazon manages AI…