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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: debug-gym

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/31/debug-gym/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: debug-gym Feedly Summary: debug-gym New paper and code from Microsoft Research that experiments with giving LLMs access to the Python debugger. They found that the best models could indeed improve their results by running pdb as a tool. They saw the best results overall from Claude 3.7…

  • Hacker News: OpenAI closes $40B funding round, startup now valued at $300B

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    Source URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/openai-closes-40-billion-in-funding-the-largest-private-fundraise-in-history-softbank-chatgpt.html Source: Hacker News Title: OpenAI closes $40B funding round, startup now valued at $300B Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI has secured a record-breaking $40 billion funding round, valuing the company at $300 billion, which will be used primarily to advance AI research and scale its compute infrastructure.…

  • Cloud Blog: Accelerate analytics with AI-assisted data preparation in BigQuery, now GA

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/ai-assisted-bigquery-data-preparation-now-ga/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Accelerate analytics with AI-assisted data preparation in BigQuery, now GA Feedly Summary: According to Gartner®, “Gartner clients now report that 90% or more of their time is spent preparing data (as high as 94% in complex industries) for advanced analytics, data science and data engineering.”1. Last year, we…

  • The Register: LLM providers on the cusp of an ‘extinction’ phase as capex realities bite

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/llm_providers_extinction/ Source: The Register Title: LLM providers on the cusp of an ‘extinction’ phase as capex realities bite Feedly Summary: Only the strong will survive, but analyst says cull will not be as rapid as during dotcom era Gartner says the market for large language model (LLM) providers is on the cusp of…

  • The Register: Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/31/privacy_dead_opinion/ Source: The Register Title: Privacy died last century, the only way to go is off-grid Feedly Summary: From smartphones to surveillance cameras to security snafus, there’s no escape Opinion I was going to write a story about how Amazon is no longer even pretending to respect your privacy. But, really, why bother?……

  • CSA: AI Software Supply Chain Risks Require Diligence

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    Source URL: https://www.zscaler.com/cxorevolutionaries/insights/ai-software-supply-chain-risks-prompt-new-corporate-diligence Source: CSA Title: AI Software Supply Chain Risks Require Diligence Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses the increasing cybersecurity challenges posed by generative AI and autonomous agents in software development. It emphasizes the risks associated with the software supply chain, particularly how vulnerabilities can arise from AI-generated…

  • Wired: An AI Image Generator’s Exposed Database Reveals What People Really Used It For

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/genomis-ai-image-database-exposed/ Source: Wired Title: An AI Image Generator’s Exposed Database Reveals What People Really Used It For Feedly Summary: An unsecured database used by a generative AI app revealed prompts and tens of thousands of explicit images—some of which are likely illegal. The company deleted its websites after WIRED reached out. AI Summary…

  • Hacker News: The Death of Software Engineering by a Thousand Prompts

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    Source URL: https://verdikapuku.com/posts/the-death-of-the-software-engineer-by-a-thousand-prompts/ Source: Hacker News Title: The Death of Software Engineering by a Thousand Prompts Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text explores the evolving role of software engineers in the era of AI, particularly how generative AI tools may fragment the software engineering profession. It argues that while AI…

  • Hacker News: Therapy chatbot trial yields mental health benefits

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    Source URL: https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/03/first-therapy-chatbot-trial-yields-mental-health-benefits Source: Hacker News Title: Therapy chatbot trial yields mental health benefits Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Dartmouth researchers have conducted a clinical trial showcasing the efficacy of Therabot, a generative AI-powered therapy chatbot. The study revealed significant symptom reductions in participants diagnosed with various mental health disorders, suggesting…