Tag: Influence

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Claude Opus 4.1

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/5/claude-opus-41/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Claude Opus 4.1 Feedly Summary: Claude Opus 4.1 Surprise new model from Anthropic today – Claude Opus 4.1, which they describe as “a drop-in replacement for Opus 4". My favorite thing about this model is the version number – treating this as a .1 version increment looks…

  • New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : OpenAI to Open-Source Some of the A.I. Systems Behind ChatGPT

    Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/technology/openai-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: OpenAI to Open-Source Some of the A.I. Systems Behind ChatGPT Feedly Summary: In a major shift, the company is “open sourcing” two A.I. systems, freely sharing the technology with outside researchers and businesses. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a significant…

  • The Register: Perplexity AI accused of scraping content against websites’ will with unlisted IP ranges

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/04/perplexity_ai_crawlers_accused_data_raids/ Source: The Register Title: Perplexity AI accused of scraping content against websites’ will with unlisted IP ranges Feedly Summary: Cloudflare finds AI search biz ignoring crawl prohibitions and trying to hide its spiders Perplexity, an AI search startup, has been spotted trying to disguise its content-scraping bots while flouting websites’ no-crawl directives.……

  • AWS News Blog: AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon DocumentDB, AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2, and more (August 4, 2025)

    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-amazon-documentdb-aws-lambda-amazon-ec2-and-more-august-4-2025/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon DocumentDB, AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2, and more (August 4, 2025) Feedly Summary: This week brings an array of innovations spanning from generative AI capabilities to enhancements of foundational services. Whether you’re building AI-powered applications, managing databases, or optimizing your cloud infrastructure, these updates…

  • Slashdot: Disney Struggles With How to Use AI – While Retaining Copyrights and Avoiding Legal Issues

    Source URL: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/08/04/0432213/disney-struggles-with-how-to-use-ai—while-retaining-copyrights-and-avoiding-legal-issues Source: Slashdot Title: Disney Struggles With How to Use AI – While Retaining Copyrights and Avoiding Legal Issues Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Disney is grappling with the integration of AI technology in its film production, particularly concerning the use of deepfakes for creating a digital double of Dwayne…

  • Slashdot: Facing US Chip Restrictions, China Pitches Global Cooperation on AI

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/02/030232/facing-us-chip-restrictions-china-pitches-global-cooperation-on-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Facing US Chip Restrictions, China Pitches Global Cooperation on AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the recent announcements from China at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference regarding the establishment of an international organization for AI regulation and a cooperative action plan for responsible…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Faster inference

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/1/faster-inference/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Faster inference Feedly Summary: Two interesting examples of inference speed as a flagship feature of LLM services today. First, Cerebras announced two new monthly plans for their extremely high speed hosted model service: Cerebras Code Pro ($50/month, 1,000 messages a day) and Cerebras Code Max ($200/month, 5,000/day).…

  • Slashdot: Amazon CEO Wants To Put Ads In Your Alexa+ Conversations

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/01/2043256/amazon-ceo-wants-to-put-ads-in-your-alexa-conversations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amazon CEO Wants To Put Ads In Your Alexa+ Conversations Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s vision of integrating advertising into conversations with the AI-powered assistant Alexa+. This approach presents both opportunities and challenges, notably regarding user privacy and AI…

  • Gemini: Try Deep Think in the Gemini app

    Source URL: https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-2-5-deep-think/ Source: Gemini Title: Try Deep Think in the Gemini app Feedly Summary: Deep Think utilizes extended, parallel thinking and novel reinforcement learning techniques for significantly improved problem-solving. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Deep Think’s use of advanced techniques in artificial intelligence, particularly extended, parallel thinking, and novel reinforcement…

  • The Register: NIST discovers DevSecOps, thinks world should really check this out

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/nist_devsecops_guide/ Source: The Register Title: NIST discovers DevSecOps, thinks world should really check this out Feedly Summary: What’s next – gonna tell us it’s time to migrate to Windows 8? Watch out, world: The US government has finally found out about DevSecOps, and it has become a late evangelist for the security-by-default software…