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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Image segmentation using Gemini 2.5

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/18/gemini-image-segmentation/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Image segmentation using Gemini 2.5 Feedly Summary: Max Woolf pointed out this new feature of the Gemini 2.5 series in a comment on Hacker News: One hidden note from Gemini 2.5 Flash when diving deep into the documentation: for image inputs, not only can the model be…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: MCP Run Python

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/18/mcp-run-python/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: MCP Run Python Feedly Summary: MCP Run Python Pydantic AI’s MCP server for running LLM-generated Python code in a sandbox. They ended up using a trick I explored two years ago: using a Deno process to run Pyodide in a WebAssembly sandbox. Here’s a bit of a…

  • Hacker News: 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: Hacker News Title: LLM providers on the cusp of an ‘extinction’ phase as capex realities bite Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Gartner predicts a significant consolidation in the large language model (LLM) market, highlighting the challenges faced by providers due to high costs and competition. With generative…

  • Hacker News: Get the hell out of the LLM as soon as possible

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    Source URL: https://sgnt.ai/p/hell-out-of-llms/ Source: Hacker News Title: Get the hell out of the LLM as soon as possible Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text emphasizes that large language models (LLMs) should not be entrusted with decision-making or core application logic due to their inherent limitations. Instead, they should serve strictly…

  • Hacker News: Addressing Burnout – Libera Chat

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    Source URL: https://libera.chat/news/burnout Source: Hacker News Title: Addressing Burnout – Libera Chat Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the implementation of LLM-based support scripts at Libera.Chat in response to staff burnout and support query overload. It highlights the potential of large language models (LLMs) to alleviate staff workload but…

  • 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.…

  • Hacker News: LLM Workflows then Agents: Getting Started with Apache Airflow

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    Source URL: https://github.com/astronomer/airflow-ai-sdk Source: Hacker News Title: LLM Workflows then Agents: Getting Started with Apache Airflow Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text presents an SDK for integrating large language models (LLMs) into Apache Airflow workflows. This novel approach enhances AI orchestration by providing refined task decorators that streamline calling LLMs,…

  • Hacker News: JEP Draft: Prepare to Make Final Mean Final

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    Source URL: https://openjdk.org/jeps/8349536 Source: Hacker News Title: JEP Draft: Prepare to Make Final Mean Final Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses significant upcoming changes in Java regarding the mutation of final fields through deep reflection. A future release aims to enforce immutability by default, enhancing both safety and performance,…

  • Hacker News: France fines Apple €150M for "excessive" pop-ups that let users reject tracking

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    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/france-fines-apple-e150m-for-excessive-pop-ups-that-let-users-reject-tracking/ Source: Hacker News Title: France fines Apple €150M for "excessive" pop-ups that let users reject tracking Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The French competition regulator has fined Apple €150 million due to its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework being overly complicated for users, which adversely affects small publishers…

  • Hacker News: Launch HN: Augento (YC W25) – Fine-tune your agents with reinforcement learning

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    Source URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43537505 Source: Hacker News Title: Launch HN: Augento (YC W25) – Fine-tune your agents with reinforcement learning Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a new service offered by Augento that provides fine-tuning for language models (LLMs) using reinforcement learning, enabling users to optimize AI agents for specific…