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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/ai-open-source-productivity/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity Feedly Summary: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity METR – for Model Evaluation & Threat Research – are a non-profit research institute founded by Beth Barnes, a former alignment researcher at…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/grok-4-heavy/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt Feedly Summary: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt Grok 4 Heavy is the “think much harder" version of Grok 4 that’s currenly only available on their $300/month plan. Jeremy Howard relays a report from a Grok 4…

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/technology/x-ai-grok-antisemitism.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says Feedly Summary: Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said its Grok chatbot had also undergone a code update that caused it to share antisemitic messages this week. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting @grok

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/grok/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting @grok Feedly Summary: On the morning of July 8, 2025, we observed undesired responses and immediately began investigating. To identify the specific language in the instructions causing the undesired behavior, we conducted multiple ablations and experiments to pinpoint the main culprits. We identified the operative lines…

Slashdot: AI Slows Down Some Experienced Software Developers, Study Finds

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/07/12/016247/ai-slows-down-some-experienced-software-developers-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Slows Down Some Experienced Software Developers, Study Finds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A recent study by METR reveals that using AI coding assistants like Cursor can actually slow down experienced developers when working in familiar codebases. While developers initially believed AI would expedite their…

The Register: AI coding tools make developers slower but they think they’re faster, study finds

Jul 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/ai_code_tools_slow_down/ Source: The Register Title: AI coding tools make developers slower but they think they’re faster, study finds Feedly Summary: Predicted a 24% boost, but clocked a 19% drag Artificial intelligence coding tools are supposed to make software development faster, but researchers who tested these tools in a randomized, controlled trial found the…

The Register: Tech to protect images against AI scrapers can be beaten, researchers show

Jul 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/defenses_against_ai_scrapers_beaten/ Source: The Register Title: Tech to protect images against AI scrapers can be beaten, researchers show Feedly Summary: Data poisoning, meet data detox ai-pocalypse Computer scientists say they’ve devised a way to remove image-based protection mechanisms developed to protect artists from unwanted use of their work for AI training.… AI Summary and…

Slashdot: ‘Coding is Dead’: University of Washington CS Program Rethinks Curriculum For the AI Era

Jul 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/07/11/1418225/coding-is-dead-university-of-washington-cs-program-rethinks-curriculum-for-the-ai-era?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Coding is Dead’: University of Washington CS Program Rethinks Curriculum For the AI Era Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The University of Washington is shifting its computer science education model in response to AI advancements, particularly around the integration of AI tools like GPT. Students are…

Docker: Build a GenAI App With Java Using Spring AI and Docker Model Runner

Jul 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/build-genai-app-with-java-spring-ai-docker-model-runner/ Source: Docker Title: Build a GenAI App With Java Using Spring AI and Docker Model Runner Feedly Summary: When thinking about starting a Generative AI (GenAI) project, you might assume that Python is required to get started in this new space. However, if you’re already a Java developer, there’s no need to…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Grok: searching X for "from:elonmusk (Israel OR Palestine OR Hamas OR Gaza)"

Jul 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/11/grok-musk/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Grok: searching X for "from:elonmusk (Israel OR Palestine OR Hamas OR Gaza)" Feedly Summary: If you ask the new Grok 4 for opinions on controversial questions, it will sometimes run a search to find out Elon Musk’s stance before providing you with an anwser. I heard about…

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