Tag: local

Source URL: https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2025-offline-pki-yubikeys Source: Hacker News Title: Offline PKI using 3 Yubikeys and an ARM single board computer Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the implementation of an offline Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) system using YubiKeys and an air-gapped environment, enhancing security against network threats. This approach is particularly…

The Register: Amazon boots local Alexa processing: All your voice requests shipped to the cloud

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/17/amazon_kills_on_device_alexa/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon boots local Alexa processing: All your voice requests shipped to the cloud Feedly Summary: Web souk says Echo hardware doesn’t have the oomph for next-gen AI anyway Come March 28, those who opted to have their voice commands for Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa processed locally on their…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Mistral Small 3.1

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/17/mistral-small-31/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Mistral Small 3.1 Feedly Summary: Mistral Small 3.1 Mistral Small 3 came out in January and was a notable, genuinely excellent local model that used an Apache 2.0 license. Mistral Small 3.1 offers a significant improvement: it’s multi-modal (images) and has an increased 128,000 token context length,…

Bulletins: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of March 10, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/bulletins/sb25-076 Source: Bulletins Title: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of March 10, 2025 Feedly Summary: High Vulnerabilities PrimaryVendor — Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info 1E–1E Client Improper link resolution before file access in the Nomad module of the 1E Client, in versions prior to 25.3, enables an attacker with local unprivileged…

Cloud Blog: Co-op mode: New partners driving the future of gaming with AI

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/gaming/co-op-mode-the-ai-partners-driving-the-the-future-of-gaming/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Co-op mode: New partners driving the future of gaming with AI Feedly Summary: Leaders in the games industry are using Google Cloud’s AI to drive unprecedented advancements in game development, including smarter, faster, and more immersive gaming experiences. And just like any successful game studio is the work…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: mlx-community/OLMo-2-0325-32B-Instruct-4bit

Mar 16, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/16/olmo2/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: mlx-community/OLMo-2-0325-32B-Instruct-4bit Feedly Summary: mlx-community/OLMo-2-0325-32B-Instruct-4bit OLMo 2 32B claims to be “the first fully-open model (all data, code, weights, and details are freely available) to outperform GPT3.5-Turbo and GPT-4o mini". Thanks to the MLX project here’s a recipe that worked for me to run it on my Mac,…

Slashdot: Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open-Source Local-Only AI Solutions?

Mar 16, 2025

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Source URL: https://ask.slashdot.org/story/25/03/16/015209/ask-slashdot-where-are-the-open-source-local-only-ai-solutions Source: Slashdot Title: Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open-Source Local-Only AI Solutions? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text posits a vision for local, open-source AI software that emphasizes user ownership, privacy, and security, contrasting it against the backdrop of corporate control. It raises pertinent questions about the future…

Slashdot: Everything You Say To Your Echo Will Be Sent To Amazon Starting On March 28

Mar 14, 2025

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/14/2113257/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Everything You Say To Your Echo Will Be Sent To Amazon Starting On March 28 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s recent modification regarding the Alexa Echo devices prohibits users from processing voice requests locally, mandating cloud processing instead. This change appears to prioritize new generative…

Hacker News: Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28

Mar 14, 2025

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