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  • Slashdot: Microsoft Rolls Back Its Bing Image Creator Model After Users Complain of Degraded Quality

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/08/2252248/microsoft-rolls-back-its-bing-image-creator-model-after-users-complain-of-degraded-quality?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Rolls Back Its Bing Image Creator Model After Users Complain of Degraded Quality Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has reverted its Bing Image Creator to an earlier version of OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 due to significant complaints about degraded image quality from users. The transition…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: microsoft/phi-4

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/8/phi-4/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: microsoft/phi-4 Feedly Summary: microsoft/phi-4 Here’s the official release of Microsoft’s Phi-4 LLM, now officially under an MIT license. A few weeks ago I covered the earlier unofficial versions, where I talked about how the model used synthetic training data in some really interesting ways. It benchmarks favorably…

  • The Register: Amazon splashes $11B on AI datacenters in Georgia

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/08/amazons_latest_investment_is_11b/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon splashes $11B on AI datacenters in Georgia Feedly Summary: The Peach State is already home to more than 50 bit barns Amazon’s datacenter footprint in the US state of Georgia is set to swell, with an $11 billion investment proposed.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s…

  • The Register: Google snags ex-Microsoft exec to helm cloud in the UK

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/08/google_cloud_uk_vp/ Source: The Register Title: Google snags ex-Microsoft exec to helm cloud in the UK Feedly Summary: Maureen Costello hopes to ’empower’ businesses with AI Google has hired Maureen Costello, a Microsoft and Accenture veteran, to the role of Vice President for UK, Ireland, and Sub-Saharan Africa regions as the UK’s Competition Markets…

  • The Register: The unlicensed OneDrive free ride ends this month

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/unlicensed_onedrive_fun_ends/ Source: The Register Title: The unlicensed OneDrive free ride ends this month Feedly Summary: Kind old Microsoft is worried about security and compliance … nothing to do with a free storage loophole Still keeping data in unlicensed OneDrive accounts of long-gone users? The time has come to act: The data could soon…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Plans $3 Billion AI, Cloud Investment in India

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/07/0952213/microsoft-plans-3-billion-ai-cloud-investment-in-india?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Plans $3 Billion AI, Cloud Investment in India Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is set to invest $3 billion in enhancing its AI and Azure services in India, aiming to boost revenue growth in one of the world’s largest markets. The initiative also includes…

  • The Register: Looming energy crunch makes future uncertain for datacenters

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/06/energy_crunch_datacenters/ Source: The Register Title: Looming energy crunch makes future uncertain for datacenters Feedly Summary: But investors still betting big on bit barns thanks to AI and cloud demand Datacenter operators are facing a paradoxical crisis – demand for their services is greater than ever before, just as access to power, environmental concerns,…

  • 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…

  • Slashdot: FSF Urges Moving Off Microsoft’s GitHub to Protest Windows 11’s Requiring TPM 2.0

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/05/0327209/fsf-urges-moving-off-microsofts-github-to-protest-windows-11s-requiring-tpm-20?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: FSF Urges Moving Off Microsoft’s GitHub to Protest Windows 11’s Requiring TPM 2.0 Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the implications of Microsoft’s requirement for TPM 2.0 in the transition from Windows 10 to Windows 11. It highlights security concerns, the pushback from grassroots…

  • Slashdot: Online Gift Card Store Exposed Hundreds of Thousands of People’s Identity Documents

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/03/2043212/online-gift-card-store-exposed-hundreds-of-thousands-of-peoples-identity-documents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Online Gift Card Store Exposed Hundreds of Thousands of People’s Identity Documents Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a security breach involving a U.S. online gift card store, MyGiftCardSupply, which publicly exposed sensitive customer identity documents due to an improperly secured storage server. This…