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  • Slashdot: What Happens If AI Coding Keeps Improving?

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/11/0623242/what-happens-if-ai-coding-keeps-improving?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: What Happens If AI Coding Keeps Improving? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the rising significance of generative AI tools in coding, highlighting that tools like Cursor and Windsurf significantly reduce human oversight in software development. It notes the increasing integration of AI in…

  • Slashdot: Google Will Pay $1.4 Billion to Texas to Settle Claims It Collected User Data Without Permission

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/10/0430217/google-will-pay-14-billion-to-texas-to-settle-claims-it-collected-user-data-without-permission?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Will Pay $1.4 Billion to Texas to Settle Claims It Collected User Data Without Permission Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The settlement between Google and the state of Texas addresses significant privacy violations related to data collection practices. This event underscores the ongoing scrutiny tech…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Trying out llama.cpp’s new vision support

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/10/llama-cpp-vision/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Trying out llama.cpp’s new vision support Feedly Summary: This llama.cpp server vision support via libmtmd pull request – via Hacker News – was merged earlier today. The PR finally adds full support for vision models to the excellent llama.cpp project. It’s documented on this page, but the…

  • Cloud Blog: From LLMs to image generation: Accelerate inference workloads with AI Hypercomputer

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/ai-hypercomputer-inference-updates-for-google-cloud-tpu-and-gpu/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: From LLMs to image generation: Accelerate inference workloads with AI Hypercomputer Feedly Summary: From retail to gaming, from code generation to customer care, an increasing number of organizations are running LLM-based applications, with 78% of organizations in development or production today. As the number of generative AI applications…

  • Slashdot: Alibaba’s ZeroSearch Teaches AI To Search Without Search Engines, Cuts Training Costs By 88%

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/0113217/alibabas-zerosearch-teaches-ai-to-search-without-search-engines-cuts-training-costs-by-88?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Alibaba’s ZeroSearch Teaches AI To Search Without Search Engines, Cuts Training Costs By 88% Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Alibaba Group’s “ZeroSearch” technique showcases an innovative approach that enables large language models (LLMs) to develop search capabilities without relying on external search engines, demonstrating significant cost…

  • Slashdot: Cloudflare CEO: AI Is Killing the Business Model of the Web

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/08/1952225/cloudflare-ceo-ai-is-killing-the-business-model-of-the-web?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Cloudflare CEO: AI Is Killing the Business Model of the Web Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Matthew Prince, the CEO of Cloudflare, highlighted significant concerns regarding the future of the web’s economic model due to the rise of AI, particularly in the context of content creation…

  • 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,…

  • Google Online Security Blog: Using AI to stop tech support scams in Chrome

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    Source URL: http://security.googleblog.com/2025/05/using-ai-to-stop-tech-support-scams-in.html Source: Google Online Security Blog Title: Using AI to stop tech support scams in Chrome Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the integration of an on-device large language model (LLM) in Chrome 137 to enhance protection against tech support scams. This novel approach allows for real-time detection…

  • 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…