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  • Docker: IBM Granite 4.0 Models Now Available on Docker Hub

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/ibm-granite-4-0-models-now-available-on-docker-hub/ Source: Docker Title: IBM Granite 4.0 Models Now Available on Docker Hub Feedly Summary: Developers can now discover and run IBM’s latest open-source Granite 4.0 language models from the Docker Hub model catalog, and start building in minutes with Docker Model Runner. Granite 4.0 pairs strong, enterprise-ready performance with a lightweight footprint,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: GPT-5 pro

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/gpt-5-pro/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: GPT-5 pro Feedly Summary: GPT-5 pro Here’s OpenAI’s model documentation for their GPT-5 pro model, released to their API today at their DevDay event. It has similar base characteristics to GPT-5: both share a September 30, 2024 knowledge cutoff and 400,000 context limit. GPT-5 pro has maximum…

  • Cloud Blog: 11 ways to reduce your Google Cloud compute costs today

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/cost-saving-strategies-when-migrating-to-google-cloud-compute/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: 11 ways to reduce your Google Cloud compute costs today Feedly Summary: As the saying goes, “a penny saved is a penny earned," and this couldn’t be more true when it comes to cloud infrastructure. In today’s competitive business landscape, you need to maintain the performance to meet…

  • Cloud Blog: More choice, more control: self-deploy proprietary models in your VPC with Vertex AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/new-proprietary-models-vertex-model-garden/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: More choice, more control: self-deploy proprietary models in your VPC with Vertex AI Feedly Summary: Building the best AI applications requires both the freedom to choose the most powerful, specialized model for the task at hand, and a platform that can handle them all. This flexibility is core…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft’s CTO Hopes to Swap Most AMD and NVIDIA GPUs for In-House Chips

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/04/2142243/microsofts-cto-hopes-to-swap-most-amd-and-nvidia-gpus-for-in-house-chips?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft’s CTO Hopes to Swap Most AMD and NVIDIA GPUs for In-House Chips Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is transitioning its AI workloads from traditional GPUs to its proprietary accelerators to enhance cost efficiency in its datacenters. This move exemplifies a trend towards customized hardware…

  • Slashdot: Google Confirms Android Dev Verification Will Have Free and Paid Tiers, No Public List of Devs

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/03/2027237/google-confirms-android-dev-verification-will-have-free-and-paid-tiers-no-public-list-of-devs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Confirms Android Dev Verification Will Have Free and Paid Tiers, No Public List of Devs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Google’s upcoming changes in Android 16 regarding app installation and verification, underscoring increased reliance on cloud-based processes and potential costs for developers.…

  • Slashdot: Jeff Bezos Predicts Gigawatt Data Centers in Space Within Two Decades

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/10/03/1426244/jeff-bezos-predicts-gigawatt-data-centers-in-space-within-two-decades?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Jeff Bezos Predicts Gigawatt Data Centers in Space Within Two Decades Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Jeff Bezos envisions the future of data centers in space, predicting that gigawatt-scale facilities will be established within the next 10 to 20 years. These space-based data centers could outperform…

  • Cloud Blog: Building on the bananas momentum of generative media models on Google Cloud

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/building-momentum-for-gen-media-including-nano-banana-/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Building on the bananas momentum of generative media models on Google Cloud Feedly Summary: It’s been exciting to see the capabilities of Nano Banana, our latest image editing model available in Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, go viral. And with transformative workflows like these, it is easy to see…

  • Docker: Fine-Tuning Local Models with Docker Offload and Unsloth

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/fine-tuning-models-with-offload-and-unsloth/ Source: Docker Title: Fine-Tuning Local Models with Docker Offload and Unsloth Feedly Summary: I’ve been experimenting with local models for a while now, and the progress in making them accessible has been exciting. Initial experiences are often fantastic, many models, like Gemma 3 270M, are lightweight enough to run on common hardware.…

  • AWS News Blog: Announcing Amazon ECS Managed Instances for containerized applications

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/announcing-amazon-ecs-managed-instances-for-containerized-applications/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Announcing Amazon ECS Managed Instances for containerized applications Feedly Summary: Amazon ECS Managed Instances is a new compute option that eliminates infrastructure management overhead while giving you access to the broad suite of EC2 capabilities including the flexibility to select instance types, access reserved capacity, and advanced…