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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Vision Language Models (Better, Faster, Stronger)

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/13/vision-language-models/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Vision Language Models (Better, Faster, Stronger) Feedly Summary: Vision Language Models (Better, Faster, Stronger) Extremely useful review of the last year in vision and multi-modal LLMs. So much has happened! I’m particularly excited about the range of small open weight vision models that are now available. Models…

  • The Register: Marks & Spencer admits cybercrooks made off with customer info

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/ms_confirms_customer_data_stolen/ Source: The Register Title: Marks & Spencer admits cybercrooks made off with customer info Feedly Summary: Market cap down by more than £1BN since April 22 Marks & Spencer has confirmed that customer data was stolen as part of its cyberattack, fueling conjecture that ransomware was involved.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Slashdot: The Stealthy Lab Cooking Up Amazon’s Secret Sauce

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/12/2124207/the-stealthy-lab-cooking-up-amazons-secret-sauce?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: The Stealthy Lab Cooking Up Amazon’s Secret Sauce Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s acquisition of Annapurna Labs is a cornerstone of its artificial intelligence strategy, enhancing its cloud computing infrastructure with custom silicon. The deal has positioned Amazon as a leader in AI technology, particularly…

  • SDx Central: IBM Hackers, Cloud Security Alliance Take On IoT at Black Hat

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    Source URL: https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/ibm-hackers-cloud-security-alliance-take-on-iot-at-black-hat/ Source: SDx Central Title: IBM Hackers, Cloud Security Alliance Take On IoT at Black Hat Feedly Summary: IBM Hackers, Cloud Security Alliance Take On IoT at Black Hat AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the emerging cybersecurity challenges posed by IoT devices, highlighted by recent findings at the Black…

  • Slashdot: Police Dismantles Botnet Selling Hacked Routers As Residential Proxies

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/2223226/police-dismantles-botnet-selling-hacked-routers-as-residential-proxies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Police Dismantles Botnet Selling Hacked Routers As Residential Proxies Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Law enforcement has dismantled a significant botnet targeting routers over the past two decades, revealing serious vulnerabilities with older devices. The operation, involving international cooperation, underscores the need for robust security measures…

  • The Register: Nip chip smugglers by building trackers into GPUs, US Senator suggests

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/senator_fights_chip_smuggling/ Source: The Register Title: Nip chip smugglers by building trackers into GPUs, US Senator suggests Feedly Summary: AI phone home Despite stiff export controls on the legitimate sale of AI accelerators to China, stemming the flow of gray market GPUs streaming into the Middle Kingdom remains a point of concern for American…

  • 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…

  • The Register: Tech titans: Wanna secure US AI leadership? Stop giving the world excuses to buy Chinese

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/tech_titans_wanna_secure_us/ Source: The Register Title: Tech titans: Wanna secure US AI leadership? Stop giving the world excuses to buy Chinese Feedly Summary: Execs from AMD, Microsoft, and OpenAI tear into profit busting AI diffusion rules Execs from several top US tech companies, including Microsoft, AMD, and OpenAI, slammed the Biden administration’s export rules…