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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting James Luan

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/8/james-luan/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting James Luan Feedly Summary: I recently spoke with the CTO of a popular AI note-taking app who told me something surprising: they spend twice as much on vector search as they do on OpenAI API calls. Think about that for a second. Running the retrieval layer…

  • The Register: US agencies log nearly 9x more GenAI use cases in 2024 – but deployments stall

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/29/us_government_identified_ai_use/ Source: The Register Title: US agencies log nearly 9x more GenAI use cases in 2024 – but deployments stall Feedly Summary: Strict regulations, lack of funding, and hallucinations remain hurdles to implementation US federal government agencies have identified a surge in AI use cases over the past year. But rolling them out?…

  • Slashdot: UK Tech Job Openings Climb 21% To Pre-Pandemic Highs

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/05/2316255/uk-tech-job-openings-climb-21-to-pre-pandemic-highs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: UK Tech Job Openings Climb 21% To Pre-Pandemic Highs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a notable surge in UK tech job openings, primarily driven by a dramatic increase in demand for AI skills, particularly in London. It highlights key statistics from a recent…

  • The Register: SAP users grapple with 50% premium for industry-standard service levels

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/sap_sapphire_costs/ Source: The Register Title: SAP users grapple with 50% premium for industry-standard service levels Feedly Summary: Vendor’s AI-infused pitch at Sapphire marred by backlash over support costs News that SAP users face a 30-50 percent premium to get some cloud products – including core ERP – to industry-standard service levels threatens to…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: LLM pricing calculator (updated)

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/10/llm-pricing-calculator/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: LLM pricing calculator (updated) Feedly Summary: LLM pricing calculator (updated) I updated my LLM pricing calculator this morning (Claude transcript) to show the prices of various hosted models in a sorted table, defaulting to lowest price first. Amazon Nova and Google Gemini continue to dominate the lower…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Pulls Back on Data Centers From Chicago To Jakarta

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/03/144259/microsoft-pulls-back-on-data-centers-from-chicago-to-jakarta?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Pulls Back on Data Centers From Chicago To Jakarta Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is reassessing its global data center initiatives, delaying or halting projects significant for AI and cloud infrastructure. This could indicate either a decrease in expected demand for AI services or…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Sam Altman Says the Company Is ‘Out of GPUs’

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/02/27/2147257/openai-sam-altman-says-the-company-is-out-of-gpus?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Sam Altman Says the Company Is ‘Out of GPUs’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the challenges faced by OpenAI in rolling out its new GPT-4.5 model, primarily due to a shortage of GPUs. The high costs associated with this new model also…