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  • Slashdot: US Plans AI Chip Curbs on Malaysia, Thailand Over China Concerns

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/04/1644224/us-plans-ai-chip-curbs-on-malaysia-thailand-over-china-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Plans AI Chip Curbs on Malaysia, Thailand Over China Concerns Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the Trump administration’s plans to restrict shipments of AI chips from companies like Nvidia to Malaysia and Thailand, aiming to prevent semiconductor smuggling into China. This move…

  • Slashdot: UK Minister Tells Turing AI Institute To Focus On Defense

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/04/2011230/uk-minister-tells-turing-ai-institute-to-focus-on-defense Source: Slashdot Title: UK Minister Tells Turing AI Institute To Focus On Defense Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: UK Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle emphasizes the importance of enhancing AI capabilities for national security, urging a shift in focus at the Alan Turing Institute towards defense. This reflects…

  • Slashdot: Simple Text Additions Can Fool Advanced AI Reasoning Models, Researchers Find

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/07/04/1521245/simple-text-additions-can-fool-advanced-ai-reasoning-models-researchers-find Source: Slashdot Title: Simple Text Additions Can Fool Advanced AI Reasoning Models, Researchers Find Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The research highlights a significant vulnerability in state-of-the-art reasoning AI models through the “CatAttack” technique, which attaches irrelevant phrases to math problems, leading to higher error rates and inefficient responses.…

  • The Register: Amazon built a massive AI supercluster for Anthropic called Project Rainier – here’s what we know so far

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/04/project_rainier_deep_dive/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon built a massive AI supercluster for Anthropic called Project Rainier – here’s what we know so far Feedly Summary: It’s almost like AWS is building its own Stargate deep dive Amazon Web Services (AWS) is in the process of building out a massive supercomputing cluster containing “hundreds…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Adam Gordon Bell

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/3/adam-gordon-bell/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Adam Gordon Bell Feedly Summary: I think that a lot of resistance to AI coding tools comes from the same place: fear of losing something that has defined you for so long. People are reacting against overblown hype, and there is overblown hype. I get that,…

  • The Register: AI models just don’t understand what they’re talking about

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/03/ai_models_potemkin_understanding/ Source: The Register Title: AI models just don’t understand what they’re talking about Feedly Summary: Researchers find models’ success at tests hides illusion of understanding Researchers from MIT, Harvard, and the University of Chicago have proposed the term “potemkin understanding" to describe a newly identified failure mode in large language models that…

  • Slashdot: ChatGPT Creates Phisher’s Paradise By Recommending the Wrong URLs for Major Companies

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/07/03/1912216/chatgpt-creates-phishers-paradise-by-recommending-the-wrong-urls-for-major-companies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ChatGPT Creates Phisher’s Paradise By Recommending the Wrong URLs for Major Companies Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights a flaw in the accuracy of AI-powered chatbots like GPT-4.1, which could create vulnerabilities for users and pose a security risk due to misinformation. This inaccuracy…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Frequently Asked Questions (And Answers) About AI Evals

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/3/faqs-about-ai-evals/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Frequently Asked Questions (And Answers) About AI Evals Feedly Summary: Frequently Asked Questions (And Answers) About AI Evals Hamel Husain and Shreya Shankar have been running a paid, cohort-based course on AI Evals For Engineers & PMs over the past few months. Here Hamel collects answers to…