Tag: data security

  • Slashdot: Google Will Pay $1.4 Billion to Texas to Settle Claims It Collected User Data Without Permission

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/10/0430217/google-will-pay-14-billion-to-texas-to-settle-claims-it-collected-user-data-without-permission?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Will Pay $1.4 Billion to Texas to Settle Claims It Collected User Data Without Permission Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The settlement between Google and the state of Texas addresses significant privacy violations related to data collection practices. This event underscores the ongoing scrutiny tech…

  • Slashdot: IRS Hopes To Replace Fired Enforcement Workers With AI

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/0138207/irs-hopes-to-replace-fired-enforcement-workers-with-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: IRS Hopes To Replace Fired Enforcement Workers With AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The IRS plans to leverage AI to enhance tax collection efficiency amidst significant staffing cuts. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent emphasized that advancements in IT and AI could counterbalance reductions in personnel while…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Introducing web search on the Anthropic API

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/7/anthropic-api-search/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Introducing web search on the Anthropic API Feedly Summary: Introducing web search on the Anthropic API Anthropic’s web search (presumably still powered by Brave) is now also available through their API, in the shape of a new web search tool called web_search_20250305. You can specify a maximum…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Medium is the new large

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/7/medium-is-the-new-large/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Medium is the new large Feedly Summary: Medium is the new large New model release from Mistral – this time closed source/proprietary. Mistral Medium claims strong benchmark scores similar to GPT-4o and Claude 3.7 Sonnet, but is priced at $0.40/million input and $2/million output – about the…