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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Run DeepSeek R1 or V3 with MLX Distributed

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/22/mlx-distributed/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Run DeepSeek R1 or V3 with MLX Distributed Feedly Summary: Run DeepSeek R1 or V3 with MLX Distributed Handy detailed instructions from Awni Hannun on running the enormous DeepSeek R1 or v3 models on a cluster of Macs using the distributed communication feature of Apple’s MLX library.…

  • Slashdot: AI Boom Gives Rise To ‘GPU-as-a-Service’

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    Source URL: https://idle.slashdot.org/story/25/01/21/0021215/ai-boom-gives-rise-to-gpu-as-a-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Boom Gives Rise To ‘GPU-as-a-Service’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the rising demand for GPUs driven by advancements in AI and the emergence of GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) as a cost-effective solution for businesses unable to invest in their own hardware. It highlights the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: DeepSeek-R1 and exploring DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/20/deepseek-r1/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: DeepSeek-R1 and exploring DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B Feedly Summary: DeepSeek are the Chinese AI lab who dropped the best currently available open weights LLM on Christmas day, DeepSeek v3. That model was trained in part using their unreleased R1 “reasoning" model. Today they’ve released R1 itself, along with a whole…

  • The Register: Where does Microsoft’s NPU obsession leave Nvidia’s AI PC ambitions?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/20/microsoft_nvidia_ai_pcs/ Source: The Register Title: Where does Microsoft’s NPU obsession leave Nvidia’s AI PC ambitions? Feedly Summary: While Microsoft pushes AI PC experiences, Nvidia is busy wooing developers Comment Nvidia is the uncontested champion of AI infrastructure — at least in the datacenter. In the emerging field of AI PCs, things aren’t so…

  • Hacker News: Laser Fault Injection on a Budget: RP2350 Edition

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    Source URL: https://courk.cc/rp2350-challenge-laser Source: Hacker News Title: Laser Fault Injection on a Budget: RP2350 Edition Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the development of a custom “Laser Fault Injection Platform” aimed at exploiting the security features of the RP2350 microcontroller, particularly its Secure Boot mechanism. This exploration reveals potential…

  • Hacker News: Let’s talk about AI and end-to-end encryption

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    Source URL: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/01/17/lets-talk-about-ai-and-end-to-end-encryption/ Source: Hacker News Title: Let’s talk about AI and end-to-end encryption Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the intersection of end-to-end encryption and AI, highlighting potential privacy issues as AI capabilities become integrated into personal messaging and data processing. It raises critical questions regarding the implications…

  • Hacker News: Scaling to users requires Synapse Pro

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    Source URL: https://element.io/blog/scaling-to-millions-of-users-requires-synapse-pro/ Source: Hacker News Title: Scaling to users requires Synapse Pro Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the differences between Synapse Pro and the community version of Synapse for Matrix deployments, emphasizing Synapse Pro’s architecture tailored for high-scale applications. It outlines significant performance improvements through the use…

  • Hacker News: GM parks claims driver location data was given to insurers, pushing up premiums

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/gm_settles_ftc_charges/ Source: Hacker News Title: GM parks claims driver location data was given to insurers, pushing up premiums Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: General Motors has reached a settlement with the FTC regarding privacy concerns tied to its Smart Driver program, which improperly collected and shared location data without…

  • Hacker News: Uncovering Real GPU NoC Characteristics: Implications on Interconnect Arch.

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    Source URL: https://people.ece.ubc.ca/aamodt/publications/papers/realgpu-noc.micro2024.pdf Source: Hacker News Title: Uncovering Real GPU NoC Characteristics: Implications on Interconnect Arch. Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a detailed examination of the Network-on-Chip (NoC) architecture in modern GPUs, particularly analyzing interconnect latency and bandwidth across different generations of NVIDIA GPUs. It discusses the implications…