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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Steve Yegge

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/9/steve-yegge/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Steve Yegge Feedly Summary: I’ve been using Claude Code for a couple of days, and it has been absolutely ruthless in chewing through legacy bugs in my gnarly old code base. It’s like a wood chipper fueled by dollars. It can power through shockingly impressive tasks,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: What’s new in the world of LLMs, for NICAR 2025

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/8/nicar-llms/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: What’s new in the world of LLMs, for NICAR 2025 Feedly Summary: I presented two sessions at the NICAR 2025 data journalism conference this year. The first was this one based on my review of LLMs in 2024, extended by several months to cover everything that’s happened…

  • Hacker News: Show HN: TypeLeap: LLM Powered Reactive Intent UI/UX

    Source URL: https://www.typeleap.com/ Source: Hacker News Title: Show HN: TypeLeap: LLM Powered Reactive Intent UI/UX Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text introduces TypeLeap UI/UX, a dynamic interface concept that uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to interpret user intent in real-time as they type. This innovative approach aims to transform user…

  • Hacker News: MCP vs. API Explained

    Source URL: https://norahsakal.com/blog/mcp-vs-api-model-context-protocol-explained/ Source: Hacker News Title: MCP vs. API Explained Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Model Context Protocol (MCP) presents a novel approach to integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) with external tools and data sources by standardizing connections similar to USB-C for electronic devices. This streamlines development, enhances flexibility,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Cutting-edge web scraping techniques at NICAR

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/8/cutting-edge-web-scraping/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Cutting-edge web scraping techniques at NICAR Feedly Summary: Cutting-edge web scraping techniques at NICAR Here’s the handout for a workshop I presented this morning at NICAR 2025 on web scraping, focusing on lesser know tips and tricks that became possible only with recent developments in LLMs. For…

  • The Register: Surprise! People don’t want AI deciding who gets a kidney transplant and who dies or endures years of misery

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/08/ai_kidney_transplant_moral_decisions/ Source: The Register Title: Surprise! People don’t want AI deciding who gets a kidney transplant and who dies or endures years of misery Feedly Summary: Researchers find AI isn’t ready to help with moral decision making Is AI an appropriate source of moral guidance about which patients should be given kidney transplants?……

  • Hacker News: Letta: Letta is a framework for creating LLM services with memory

    Source URL: https://github.com/letta-ai/letta Source: Hacker News Title: Letta: Letta is a framework for creating LLM services with memory Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the installation and usage of the Letta platform, a tool for managing and deploying large language model (LLM) agents. It highlights how to set up…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Reportedly Develops LLM Series That Can Rival OpenAI, Anthropic Models

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/08/0018225/microsoft-reportedly-develops-llm-series-that-can-rival-openai-anthropic-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Reportedly Develops LLM Series That Can Rival OpenAI, Anthropic Models Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is working on a new series of large language models (LLMs) called MAI, which aims to compete with existing models from OpenAI and Anthropic. This development may leverage Microsoft’s…

  • Slashdot: Signal President Calls Out Agentic AI As Having ‘Profound’ Security and Privacy Issues

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/07/2310205/signal-president-calls-out-agentic-ai-as-having-profound-security-and-privacy-issues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Signal President Calls Out Agentic AI As Having ‘Profound’ Security and Privacy Issues Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, cautioned at SXSW about the serious privacy and security threats posed by agentic AI, which requires extensive access to personal user data and…