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  • Slashdot: What are the Carbon Costs of Asking an AI a Question?

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/21/1844252/what-are-the-carbon-costs-of-asking-an-ai-a-question?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: What are the Carbon Costs of Asking an AI a Question? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides insights into the environmental impact of using artificial intelligence, particularly focusing on energy consumption and carbon costs. It highlights how energy usage varies between AI models and…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Mistral-Small 3.2

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/20/mistral-small-32/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Mistral-Small 3.2 Feedly Summary: Mistral-Small 3.2 Released on Hugging Face a couple of hours ago, so far there aren’t any quantizations to run it on a Mac but I’m sure those will emerge pretty quickly. This is a minor bump to Mistral Small 3.1, one of my…

  • Slashdot: Reasoning LLMs Deliver Value Today, So AGI Hype Doesn’t Matter

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/19/165237/reasoning-llms-deliver-value-today-so-agi-hype-doesnt-matter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Reasoning LLMs Deliver Value Today, So AGI Hype Doesn’t Matter Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The commentary by Simon Willison highlights a debate surrounding the effectiveness and applicability of large language models (LLMs), particularly in the context of their limitations and the recent critiques by various…

  • Slashdot: Midjourney Launches Its First AI Video Generation Model, V1

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/18/1935234/midjourney-launches-its-first-ai-video-generation-model-v1 Source: Slashdot Title: Midjourney Launches Its First AI Video Generation Model, V1 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Midjourney has launched its AI video generation model, V1, allowing users to create customizable short videos from images. This move positions the startup as a competitor to established entities in the AI…

  • Cloud Blog: Google is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/looker-gartner-analytics-and-business-intelligence-platforms-mq/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google is a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms Feedly Summary: We are pleased to share that Gartner® has named Google a Leader in the 2025 Magic Quadrant™ for Analytics and Business Intelligence, for the second consecutive year. We believe this…

  • The Register: Amazon CISO: Iranian hacking crews ‘on high alert’ since Israel attack

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/18/amazon_ciso_agentic_acceleration/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon CISO: Iranian hacking crews ‘on high alert’ since Israel attack Feedly Summary: Meanwhile, next-gen script kiddies are levelling up faster thanks to agentic AI Interview Iran’s state-sponsored cyber operatives and hacktivists have all increased their activities since the military conflict with Israel erupted last week – but…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Trying out the new Gemini 2.5 model family

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/17/gemini-2-5/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Trying out the new Gemini 2.5 model family Feedly Summary: After many months of previews, Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash have reached general availability with new, memorable model IDs: gemini-2.5-pro and gemini-2.5-flash. They are joined by a new preview model with an unmemorable name: gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-06-17 is a…

  • Cloud Blog: Graduating the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First in Europe & Israel

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/startups/graduating-ai-first-accelerator-in-europe-and-israel/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Graduating the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First in Europe & Israel Feedly Summary: Today, we’re incredibly proud to announce the graduation of the latest cohort from the Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First from Europe & Israel! This milestone marks the culmination of an intensive three-months journey…

  • Cloud Blog: Gemini momentum continues with launch of 2.5 Flash-Lite and general availability of 2.5 Flash and Pro on Vertex AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-2-5-flash-lite-flash-pro-ga-vertex-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Gemini momentum continues with launch of 2.5 Flash-Lite and general availability of 2.5 Flash and Pro on Vertex AI Feedly Summary: The momentum of the Gemini 2.5 era continues to build. Following our recent announcements, we’re empowering enterprise builders and developers with even greater access to the intelligence,…

  • Schneier on Security: Where AI Provides Value

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/where-ai-provides-value.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Where AI Provides Value Feedly Summary: If you’ve worried that AI might take your job, deprive you of your livelihood, or maybe even replace your role in society, it probably feels good to see the latest AI tools fail spectacularly. If AI recommends glue as a pizza…