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  • The Register: AI spending spree continues as Microsoft commits $80B for 2025

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/ai_spending_spree_continues_as/ Source: The Register Title: AI spending spree continues as Microsoft commits $80B for 2025 Feedly Summary: With those whopping returns who could argue with the premis… oh wait The AI datacenter spending splurge looks likely to continue in 2025, with Microsoft alone saying it will invest $80 billion this year on building…

  • Hacker News: Human study on AI spear phishing campaigns

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    Source URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GCHyDKfPXa5qsG2cP/human-study-on-ai-spear-phishing-campaigns Source: Hacker News Title: Human study on AI spear phishing campaigns Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a study evaluating the effectiveness of AI models in executing personalized phishing attacks, revealing a disturbing increase in the capabilities of AI-generated spear phishing. The findings indicate high click-through…

  • The Register: How datacenters use water and why kicking the habit is nearly impossible

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/04/how_datacenters_use_water/ Source: The Register Title: How datacenters use water and why kicking the habit is nearly impossible Feedly Summary: If they’re not consuming H2O directly, the power plant almost certainly is Feature The explosive growth of datacenters that followed ChatGPT’s debut in 2022 has shone a spotlight on the environmental impact of these…

  • The Register: First Foxconn, now Microsoft: Wisconsin town dissed by big tech

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/microsoft_pauses_datacenter_construction/ Source: The Register Title: First Foxconn, now Microsoft: Wisconsin town dissed by big tech Feedly Summary: Redmond’s pause to redesign planned datacenters won’t scuttle this project, say Mount Pleasant officials Count the residents of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin opposed to their town becoming a tech hub lucky: First, Foxconn abandoned its original $10…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Expects To Spend $80 Billion on AI-Enabled Data Centers in Fiscal 2025

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/03/1937249/microsoft-expects-to-spend-80-billion-on-ai-enabled-data-centers-in-fiscal-2025?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Expects To Spend $80 Billion on AI-Enabled Data Centers in Fiscal 2025 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is set to invest $80 billion in building data centers specifically designed for AI workloads in fiscal 2025, with a significant portion of this expenditure allocated for…

  • The Register: Screwed by the cloud: Hardware vendors looking for that raison d’refresh

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/cloud_hardware_research_hpe/ Source: The Register Title: Screwed by the cloud: Hardware vendors looking for that raison d’refresh Feedly Summary: 40% of world’s servers are 6 years +, drink 66% of DC energy, provide 7% of compute. Please refresh, says HPE Four in ten of the servers currently residing in datacenters across the globe are…

  • Hacker News: Things we learned out about LLMs in 2024

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/llms-in-2024/ Source: Hacker News Title: Things we learned out about LLMs in 2024 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses significant advancements and trends in Large Language Models (LLMs) throughout 2024, highlighting new technologies, efficiency improvements, cost reductions, and issues such as model usability and environmental impact. It…

  • Cloud Blog: A Look Back at the AI Innovations Transforming the Public Sector

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/a-look-back-at-the-ai-innovations-transforming-the-public-sector/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: A Look Back at the AI Innovations Transforming the Public Sector Feedly Summary: 2024 was a year of incredible innovation and progress, as we continue to invest in bringing the best of Google AI to our customers around the world. The public sector is adopting the latest AI…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting John Gruber

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/30/john-gruber/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting John Gruber Feedly Summary: There is no technical moat in this field, and so OpenAI is the epicenter of an investment bubble. Thus, effectively, OpenAI is to this decade’s generative-AI revolution what Netscape was to the 1990s’ internet revolution. The revolution is real, but it’s ultimately…

  • The Register: OpenAI plans to ring in the New Year with a for-profit push

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/27/openai_for_profit_push/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI plans to ring in the New Year with a for-profit push Feedly Summary: We have altered the deal, pray we don’t alter it any further Amid growing competition and skyrocketing compute requirements necessary to support the next generation of AI models, OpenAI is shaking up its corporate…