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  • The Register: Alibaba admits Qwen3’s hybrid-thinking mode was dumb

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/alibaba_qwen3_hybrid_thinking/ Source: The Register Title: Alibaba admits Qwen3’s hybrid-thinking mode was dumb Feedly Summary: Chinese e-commerce giant is going back to dedicated instruct and thinking-tuned models as they prioritize quality over convenience One of the headline features of Alibaba’s Qwen 3 family of models when they launched back in April was the ability…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/30/qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-2507/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507 Feedly Summary: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507 Yesterday was Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507. Qwen are clearly committed to their new split between reasoning and non-reasoning models (a reversal from Qwen 3 in April), because today they released the new reasoning partner to yesterday’s model: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507. I’m surprised at how poorly this reasoning mode…

  • Slashdot: Huawei Shows Off 384-Chip AI Computing System That Rival Nvidia’s Top Product

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/27/2248257/huawei-shows-off-384-chip-ai-computing-system-that-rival-nvidias-top-product Source: Slashdot Title: Huawei Shows Off 384-Chip AI Computing System That Rival Nvidia’s Top Product Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Huawei’s CloudMatrix 384 AI computing system, showcased at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, offers significant performance metrics that rival Nvidia’s offerings despite export restrictions. Additionally, Alibaba introduced a new…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/25/qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 Feedly Summary: Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 The third Qwen model release week, following Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 on Monday 21st and Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct on Tuesday 22nd. Those two were both non-reasoning models – a change from the previous models in the Qwen 3 family which combined reasoning and non-reasoning in the same model,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/22/qwen3-coder/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World Feedly Summary: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World It turns out that as I was typing up my notes on Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 the Qwen team were unleashing something much bigger: Today, we’re announcing Qwen3-Coder, our most agentic code model to date. Qwen3-Coder…

  • Slashdot: Is China Quickly Eroding America’s Lead in the Global AI Race?

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/06/2022253/is-china-quickly-eroding-americas-lead-in-the-global-ai-race?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Is China Quickly Eroding America’s Lead in the Global AI Race? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The provided text outlines China’s aggressive investments in its AI supply chain to reduce dependence on U.S. technologies, highlighting the growing global competitiveness of Chinese AI companies such as DeepSeek…

  • Slashdot: Diffusion + Coding = DiffuCode. How Apple Released a Weirdly Interesting Coding Language Model

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/07/05/1259255/diffusion–coding–diffucode-how-apple-released-a-weirdly-interesting-coding-language-model?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Diffusion + Coding = DiffuCode. How Apple Released a Weirdly Interesting Coding Language Model Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Short Summary with Insight:** The text discusses the release of Apple’s new AI model, DiffuCode-7B-cpGRPO, which utilizes a diffusion-based approach for code generation, unlike traditional autoregressive large language…

  • The Register: Alibaba Cloud reveals DB cluster manager it says can beat rival hyperscalers

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/alibaba_cloud_eigen_plus_cluster_manager/ Source: The Register Title: Alibaba Cloud reveals DB cluster manager it says can beat rival hyperscalers Feedly Summary: ‘Eigen+’ finds instances likely to cause out of memory errors and makes sure they can’t do damage Alibaba Cloud has revealed a cluster manager it says allows it to run databases more efficiently than…

  • Slashdot: Apple’s Upgraded AI Models Underwhelm On Performance

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/06/10/1646256/apples-upgraded-ai-models-underwhelm-on-performance?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple’s Upgraded AI Models Underwhelm On Performance Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the performance of Apple’s recent AI models in comparison to competitors, revealing that they lag behind those from Google, Alibaba, OpenAI, and Meta. This assessment has implications for the company’s position…

  • Slashdot: China Shuts Down AI Tools During Nationwide College Exams

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/09/1849202/china-shuts-down-ai-tools-during-nationwide-college-exams?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: China Shuts Down AI Tools During Nationwide College Exams Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Major Chinese AI companies are disabling specific chatbot features during the gaokao college entrance exams to prevent cheating, highlighting a proactive approach to academic integrity. This shift demonstrates the intersection of AI…