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  • The Register: Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/microsoft_adds_copilot_ai_formulas/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft crams Copilot AI directly into Excel cells Feedly Summary: Meet the new COPILOT function Microsoft, in its ongoing effort to AI-ify every product it has, is now adding it right into the cells of Excel.  Available on Monday to beta users of Microsoft 365 Copilot, a new…

  • The Register: GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40 billion on fire

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/generative_ai_zero_return_95_percent/ Source: The Register Title: GenAI FOMO has spurred businesses to light nearly $40 billion on fire Feedly Summary: MIT NANDA study finds only 5 percent of organizations using AI tools in production at scale US companies have invested between $35 and $40 billion in Generative AI initiatives and, so far, have almost…

  • Slashdot: Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Service Number. It Was a Scam

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/18/0223228/googles-ai-overview-pointed-him-to-a-customer-service-number-it-was-a-scam?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google’s ‘AI Overview’ Pointed Him to a Customer Service Number. It Was a Scam Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a fraudulent scheme involving AI-generated chatbots and search engine results that led a real estate developer to fall victim to a scam when searching…

  • Slashdot: AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/16/1936221/ai-is-reshaping-hacking-no-one-agrees-how-fast Source: Slashdot Title: AI Is Reshaping Hacking. No One Agrees How Fast Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses advancements in AI agents presented at the Black Hat conference, highlighting how these innovations could potentially enhance the capabilities of cybersecurity defenders. However, it also underscores the duality of…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI’s GPT-5 Sees a Big Surge in Enterprise Use

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/16/0623240/openais-gpt-5-sees-a-big-surge-in-enterprise-use?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI’s GPT-5 Sees a Big Surge in Enterprise Use Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the recent launch of OpenAI’s GPT-5 and compares its performance and pricing with Anthropic’s model, Claude. It highlights the enterprise market’s interest in GPT-5, noting significant improvements in coding…

  • The Register: Codeberg beset by AI bots that now bypass Anubis tarpit

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/codeberg_beset_by_ai_bots/ Source: The Register Title: Codeberg beset by AI bots that now bypass Anubis tarpit Feedly Summary: Nowhere to hide Codeberg, a Berlin-based code hosting community, is struggling to cope with a deluge of AI bots that can now bypass previously effective defenses.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Codeberg’s…

  • Slashdot: Proton Begins Shifting Infrastructure Outside of Switzerland Ahead of Surveillance Legislation

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/15/1612259/proton-begins-shifting-infrastructure-outside-of-switzerland-ahead-of-surveillance-legislation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Proton Begins Shifting Infrastructure Outside of Switzerland Ahead of Surveillance Legislation Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Proton is proactively relocating its infrastructure outside Switzerland in response to forthcoming surveillance legislation that poses threats to user privacy and data retention requirements. The move begins with the AI…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Open weight LLMs exhibit inconsistent performance across providers

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/15/inconsistent-performance/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Open weight LLMs exhibit inconsistent performance across providers Feedly Summary: Artificial Analysis published a new benchmark the other day, this time focusing on how an individual model – OpenAI’s gpt-oss-120b – performs across different hosted providers. The results showed some surprising differences. Here’s the one with the…