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  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Meta in Talks to Invest in Scale AI

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    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/technology/meta-scale-ai-investment.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Meta in Talks to Invest in Scale AI Feedly Summary: Scale AI, an artificial intelligence start-up, has built a business by labeling and culling data to make it easier to use to train A.I. systems. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Scale AI, a…

  • 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…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: WWDC: Apple supercharges its tools and technologies for developers

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/9/apple-wwdc/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: WWDC: Apple supercharges its tools and technologies for developers Feedly Summary: WWDC: Apple supercharges its tools and technologies for developers Here’s the Apple press release for today’s WWDC announcements. Two things that stood out to me: Foundation Models Framework With the Foundation Models framework, developers will be…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: OpenAI hits $10 billion in annual recurring revenue fueled by ChatGPT growth

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/9/openai-revenue/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: OpenAI hits $10 billion in annual recurring revenue fueled by ChatGPT growth Feedly Summary: OpenAI hits $10 billion in annual recurring revenue fueled by ChatGPT growth Noteworthy because OpenAI revenue is a useful indicator of the direction of the generative AI industry in general, and frequently comes…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting David Crawshaw

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/9/david-crawshaw/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting David Crawshaw Feedly Summary: The process of learning and experimenting with LLM-derived technology has been an exercise in humility. In general I love learning new things when the art of programming changes […] But LLMs, and more specifically Agents, affect the process of writing programs in…

  • Slashdot: Meta in Talks for Scale AI Investment That Could Top $10 Billion

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/09/1421259/meta-in-talks-for-scale-ai-investment-that-could-top-10-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Meta in Talks for Scale AI Investment That Could Top $10 Billion Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta’s potential multibillion-dollar investment in the AI startup Scale AI highlights the growing importance of data labeling services in the development of machine-learning models, especially as generative AI gains…

  • Slashdot: Apple Researchers Challenge AI Reasoning Claims With Controlled Puzzle Tests

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/06/09/1151210/apple-researchers-challenge-ai-reasoning-claims-with-controlled-puzzle-tests?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Researchers Challenge AI Reasoning Claims With Controlled Puzzle Tests Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple researchers have discovered that advanced reasoning AI models, including OpenAI’s o3-mini and Gemini, exhibit a performance collapse at higher complexity levels in puzzle-solving tasks. This finding challenges existing assumptions about…

  • Cloud Blog: Unlock 66% better price-performance with new M4 VMs for memory-intensive workloads

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/m4-vms-are-designed-for-memory-intensive-workloads-like-sap/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Unlock 66% better price-performance with new M4 VMs for memory-intensive workloads Feedly Summary: Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of the memory-optimized machine series: Compute Engine M4, our most performant memory-optimized VM with under 6TB of memory.  The M4 family is designed for workloads like SAP…

  • Schneier on Security: New Way to Track Covertly Android Users

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/new-way-to-track-covertly-android-users.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: New Way to Track Covertly Android Users Feedly Summary: Researchers have discovered a new way to covertly track Android users. Both Meta and Yandex were using it, but have suddenly stopped now that they have been caught. The details are interesting, and worth reading in detail: >Tracking…

  • The Register: US infrastructure could crumble under cyberattack, ex-NSA advisor warns

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/08/exnsc_official_not_sure_us/ Source: The Register Title: US infrastructure could crumble under cyberattack, ex-NSA advisor warns Feedly Summary: PLUS: Doxxers jailed; Botnets bounce back; CISA questioned over app-vetting program closure; And more Infosec in Brief If a cyberattack hit critical infrastructure in the US, it would likely crumble, former deputy national security adviser and NSA…