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  • Slashdot: CrowdStrike, Responsible For Global IT Outage, To Cut Jobs In AI Efficiency Push

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/0920225/crowdstrike-responsible-for-global-it-outage-to-cut-jobs-in-ai-efficiency-push?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: CrowdStrike, Responsible For Global IT Outage, To Cut Jobs In AI Efficiency Push Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: CrowdStrike, a notable cybersecurity firm, is cutting 5% of its workforce due to efficiencies gained through AI. The CEO highlighted AI’s transformative impact on their operations, indicating that…

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

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    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…

  • Scott Logic: New Tools, New Flow: The Cognitive Shift of AI-Powered Coding

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    Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/05/08/new-tools-new-flow-the-cognitive-shift-of-ai-powered-coding.html Source: Scott Logic Title: New Tools, New Flow: The Cognitive Shift of AI-Powered Coding Feedly Summary: Adopting AI-powered developer tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT is a challenging yet rewarding journey that requires time, experimentation, and a shift in how developers approach their workflows. This post explores why these tools are hard…

  • The Register: Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/08/google_gemini_update_prevents_disabling/ Source: The Register Title: Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors Feedly Summary: ‘I’m sorry, I can’t help with that’ Google’s latest update to its Gemini family of large language models appears to have broken the controls for configuring safety settings, breaking applications that require lowered guardrails,…

  • Cloud Blog: Expanding BigQuery geospatial capabilities with Earth Engine raster analytics

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/a-closer-look-at-earth-engine-in-bigquery/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Expanding BigQuery geospatial capabilities with Earth Engine raster analytics Feedly Summary: At Google Cloud Next 25, we announced a major step forward in geospatial analytics: Earth Engine in BigQuery. This new capability unlocks Earth Engine raster analytics directly in BigQuery, making advanced analysis of geospatial datasets derived from…

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

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    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…

  • The Register: Apple exec sends Google shares plunging as he calls AI the new search

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/07/google_apple_cue/ Source: The Register Title: Apple exec sends Google shares plunging as he calls AI the new search Feedly Summary: Eddy Cue tells DC court Safari will incorporate Anthropic, OpenAI and co An Apple executive’s backhanded endorsement of AI as a replacement for traditional internet searches has sent Google stock tumbling. … AI Summary…

  • Slashdot: Curl Battles Wave of AI-Generated False Vulnerability Reports

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/1750249/curl-battles-wave-of-ai-generated-false-vulnerability-reports?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Curl Battles Wave of AI-Generated False Vulnerability Reports Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The curl open source project is facing an influx of AI-generated false security reports, which are overwhelming the project maintainers. The lead developer, Daniel Stenberg, highlighted the lack of valid results from AI…

  • Slashdot: Apple Working To Move To AI Search in Browser Amid Google Fallout

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/1645257/apple-working-to-move-to-ai-search-in-browser-amid-google-fallout?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Working To Move To AI Search in Browser Amid Google Fallout Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple is planning to revamp its Safari web browser to incorporate AI-powered search engines, driven by changes in its relationship with Google and declining search usage. This shift marks…