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  • Hacker News: Why LLMs still suck at OCR

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    Source URL: https://www.runpulse.com/blog/why-llms-suck-at-ocr Source: Hacker News Title: Why LLMs still suck at OCR Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text explores the challenges faced when using Large Language Models (LLMs) for tasks like Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and complex data extraction, emphasizing their limitations in processing intricate document layouts and the…

  • Wired: Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/google-responsible-ai-principles/ Source: Wired Title: Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance Feedly Summary: Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Google has…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Benedict Evans

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/2/benedict-evans/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Benedict Evans Feedly Summary: Part of the concept of ‘Disruption’ is that important new technologies tend to be bad at the things that matter to the previous generation of technology, but they do something else important instead. Asking if an LLM can do very specific and…

  • Hacker News: Chatbot Software Begins to Face Fundamental Limitations

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    Source URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/chatbot-software-begins-to-face-fundamental-limitations-20250131/ Source: Hacker News Title: Chatbot Software Begins to Face Fundamental Limitations Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary**: The text details recent findings on the limitations of large language models (LLMs) in performing compositional reasoning tasks, highlighting inherent restrictions in their architecture that prevent them from effectively solving complex multi-step…

  • Hacker News: Large Language Models Think Too Fast to Explore Effectively

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.18009 Source: Hacker News Title: Large Language Models Think Too Fast to Explore Effectively Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The paper titled “Large Language Models Think Too Fast To Explore Effectively” investigates the exploratory capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs). It highlights that while LLMs excel in many domains,…

  • CSA: Why Should CIOs and CISOs Ditch Legacy Security?

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    Source URL: https://www.zscaler.com/cxorevolutionaries/insights/embracing-innovation-over-status-quo Source: CSA Title: Why Should CIOs and CISOs Ditch Legacy Security? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the need for CIOs and CISOs to abandon risk-averse attitudes towards traditional IT and cybersecurity solutions in favor of innovative approaches, particularly the Zero Trust model. In an era of…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Mistral Small 3

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/30/mistral-small-3/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Mistral Small 3 Feedly Summary: Mistral Small 3 First model release of 2025 for French AI lab Mistral, who describe Mistral Small 3 as “a latency-optimized 24B-parameter model released under the Apache 2.0 license." More notably, they claim the following: Mistral Small 3 is competitive with larger…

  • Hacker News: How to run DeepSeek R1 locally

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    Source URL: https://workos.com/blog/how-to-run-deepseek-r1-locally Source: Hacker News Title: How to run DeepSeek R1 locally Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** DeepSeek R1 is an open-source large language model (LLM) designed for local deployment to enhance data privacy and performance in conversational AI, coding, and problem-solving tasks. Its capability to outperform OpenAI’s flagship model…

  • Cloud Blog: ScatterBrain: Unmasking the Shadow of PoisonPlug’s Obfuscator

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/scatterbrain-unmasking-poisonplug-obfuscator/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: ScatterBrain: Unmasking the Shadow of PoisonPlug’s Obfuscator Feedly Summary: Written by: Nino Isakovic Introduction Since 2022, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has been tracking multiple cyber espionage operations conducted by China-nexus actors utilizing POISONPLUG.SHADOW. These operations employ a custom obfuscating compiler that we refer to as “ScatterBrain," facilitating…