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  • Cloud Blog: Unlock next-gen VMs using GKE compute classes and Compute Flexible CUDs

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/adopt-new-vm-series-with-gke-compute-classes-flexible-cuds/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Unlock next-gen VMs using GKE compute classes and Compute Flexible CUDs Feedly Summary: Organizations are consistently looking to gain an edge with the latest advancements in cloud computing. New Google Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Gen4 machine series including N4, C4, C4A, C4D, to name a…

  • Cloud Blog: Google Distributed Cloud at the edge powers U.S. Air Force Mobility Guardian 2025

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/google-distributed-cloud-at-the-edge-powers-us-air-force-mobility-guardian-2025/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google Distributed Cloud at the edge powers U.S. Air Force Mobility Guardian 2025 Feedly Summary: For today’s mission owner, operating effectively in denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited bandwidth (DDIL) environments is paramount. The Department of Defense’s strategy requires smaller, dispersed teams to function autonomously, creating a critical need…

  • Slashdot: Researchers (Including Google) are Betting on Virtual ‘World Models’ for Better AI

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/27/0632215/researchers-including-google-are-betting-on-virtual-world-models-for-better-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers (Including Google) are Betting on Virtual ‘World Models’ for Better AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the emerging trend of “world models” in AI development, emphasizing their importance in enabling AI to learn from environments similarly to humans and animals. These models…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/27/video-models-are-zero-shot-learners-and-reasoners/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners Feedly Summary: Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners Fascinating new paper from Google DeepMind which makes a very convincing case that their Veo 3 model – and generative video models in general – serve a similar role in the…

  • Slashdot: xAI Offers Grok To Federal Government For 42 Cents

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/26/197223/xai-offers-grok-to-federal-government-for-42-cents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: xAI Offers Grok To Federal Government For 42 Cents Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a deal between xAI and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to supply the Grok chatbot to federal agencies at a significantly reduced price, showcasing competition among AI companies.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: How to stop AI’s “lethal trifecta”

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/26/how-to-stop-ais-lethal-trifecta/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: How to stop AI’s “lethal trifecta” Feedly Summary: How to stop AI’s “lethal trifecta” This is the second mention of the lethal trifecta in the Economist in just the last week! Their earlier coverage was Why AI systems may never be secure on September 22nd – I…

  • Cloud Blog: GPUs when you need them: Introducing Flex-start VMs

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/introducing-flex-start-vms-for-the-compute-engine-instance-api/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: GPUs when you need them: Introducing Flex-start VMs Feedly Summary: Innovating with AI requires accelerators such as GPUs that can be hard to come by in times of extreme demand. To address this challenge, we offer Dynamic Workload Scheduler (DWS), a service that optimizes access to compute resources…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Says GPT-5 Stacks Up To Humans in a Wide Range of Jobs

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/25/176219/openai-says-gpt-5-stacks-up-to-humans-in-a-wide-range-of-jobs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Says GPT-5 Stacks Up To Humans in a Wide Range of Jobs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI has introduced GDPval, a new benchmark to assess the performance of its AI models against that of human professionals across various industries. The benchmark indicates that models…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Cloudflare’s developer platform keeps getting better, faster, and more powerful. Here’s everything that’s new.

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-developer-platform-keeps-getting-better-faster-and-more-powerful/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Cloudflare’s developer platform keeps getting better, faster, and more powerful. Here’s everything that’s new. Feedly Summary: Cloudflare’s developer platform keeps getting better, faster, and more powerful. Here’s everything that’s new. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text outlines recent updates and enhancements to Cloudflare’s platform, particularly…