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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Note on 20th April 2025

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/20/janky-license/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Note on 20th April 2025 Feedly Summary: Now that Llama has very real competition in open weight models (Gemma 3, latest Mistrals, DeepSeek, Qwen) I think their janky license is becoming much more of a liability for them. It’s just limiting enough that it could be the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-fragments-github 0.2

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/20/llm-fragments-github/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-fragments-github 0.2 Feedly Summary: llm-fragments-github 0.2 I upgraded my llm-fragments-github plugin to add a new fragment type called issue. It lets you pull the entire content of a GitHub issue thread into your prompt as a concatenated Markdown file. (If you haven’t seen fragments before I introduced…

  • Slashdot: Open Source Advocate Argues DeepSeek is ‘a Movement… It’s Linux All Over Again’

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/20/0332214/open-source-advocate-argues-deepseek-is-a-movement-its-linux-all-over-again?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Open Source Advocate Argues DeepSeek is ‘a Movement… It’s Linux All Over Again’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the emergence of DeepSeek as an influential open-source AI model and its impact on global collaboration in AI development, particularly highlighting the role of platforms…

  • Slashdot: US Chipmakers Fear Ceding China’s AI Market to Huawei After New Trump Restrictions

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/19/2339227/us-chipmakers-fear-ceding-chinas-ai-market-to-huawei-after-new-trump-restrictions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Chipmakers Fear Ceding China’s AI Market to Huawei After New Trump Restrictions Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the implications of the Trump administration’s restrictions on AI chip sales to China, particularly affecting major U.S. companies like Nvidia, AMD, and Intel. The regulations…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Maybe Meta’s Llama claims to be open source because of the EU AI act

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/19/llama-eu-ai-act/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Maybe Meta’s Llama claims to be open source because of the EU AI act Feedly Summary: I encountered a theory a while ago that one of the reasons Meta insist on using the term “open source” for their Llama models despite the Llama license not actually conforming…

  • Slashdot: CA/Browser Forum Votes for 47-Day Cert Durations By 2029

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/19/1745216/cabrowser-forum-votes-for-47-day-cert-durations-by-2029?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: CA/Browser Forum Votes for 47-Day Cert Durations By 2029 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The CA/Browser Forum’s decision to reduce the lifespan of TLS certificates from one year to 47 days is set to significantly impact enterprise IT operations, demanding greater automation in certificate management. This…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Gemma 3 QAT Models

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/19/gemma-3-qat-models/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Gemma 3 QAT Models Feedly Summary: Gemma 3 QAT Models Interesting release from Google, as a follow-up to Gemma 3 from last month: To make Gemma 3 even more accessible, we are announcing new versions optimized with Quantization-Aware Training (QAT) that dramatically reduces memory requirements while maintaining…

  • Slashdot: As Russia and China ‘Seed Chatbots With Lies’, Any Bad Actor Could Game AI the Same Way

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/19/1531238/as-russia-and-china-seed-chatbots-with-lies-any-bad-actor-could-game-ai-the-same-way?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: As Russia and China ‘Seed Chatbots With Lies’, Any Bad Actor Could Game AI the Same Way Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses how Russia is automating the spread of misinformation to manipulate AI chatbots, potentially serving as a model for other malicious actors.…

  • Wired: An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess

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    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/cursor-ai-support-bot-invents-fake-policy-and-triggers-user-uproar/ Source: Wired Title: An AI Customer Service Chatbot Made Up a Company Policy—and Created a Mess Feedly Summary: When an AI model for code-editing company Cursor hallucinated a new rule, users revolted. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The incident involving Cursor’s AI model highlights critical concerns regarding AI reliability and user…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Puzzled as New Models Show Rising Hallucination Rates

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/18/2323216/openai-puzzled-as-new-models-show-rising-hallucination-rates Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Puzzled as New Models Show Rising Hallucination Rates Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s recent AI models, o3 and o4-mini, display increased hallucination rates compared to previous iterations. This raises concerns regarding the reliability of such AI systems in practical applications. The findings emphasize the…