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  • The Register: Baidu robocabs break even in low-fare China, company expects to cash in elsewhere

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/baidu_q2_2025/ Source: The Register Title: Baidu robocabs break even in low-fare China, company expects to cash in elsewhere Feedly Summary: Web giant reworks AI infra to improve utilization, with mix of chips from home and away Chinese web giant Baidu is already breaking even with robotaxi operations in China and is confident they…

  • The Register: KPMG wrote 100-page prompt to build agentic TaxBot

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/20/kpmg_giant_prompt_tax_agent/ Source: The Register Title: KPMG wrote 100-page prompt to build agentic TaxBot Feedly Summary: Produces advice in a single day instead of two weeks – without job losses The Australian arm of consultancy firm KPMG wrote a 100-page prompt to create an agentic system that prepares tax advice far faster than humans.……

  • Shabie’s blog: Agents are search over action space

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    Source URL: https://shabie.github.io/2025/08/18/agents-are-search-over-action-space.html Source: Shabie’s blog Title: Agents are search over action space Feedly Summary: It’s no secret that today’s LLM-based agents are unreliable. This makes them a gamble for most critical tasks, so where can they be safely applied? The answer lies in finding asymmetry: we should use them in domains where the downside…

  • Slashdot: Google Releases Pint-Size Gemma Open AI Model

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/14/2150230/google-releases-pint-size-gemma-open-ai-model?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Releases Pint-Size Gemma Open AI Model Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has introduced the Gemma 3 270M, a compact AI model optimized for local deployment, which offers significant advantages in terms of privacy and efficiency. While it may not match the performance of larger…

  • Wired: A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/sweetrex-deregulation-ai-us-government-regulation-doge/ Source: Wired Title: A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation Feedly Summary: Named for its developer, an undergrad who took leave from UChicago to become a DOGE affiliate, a new AI tool automates the review of federal regulations and flags rules it thinks can be eliminated.…

  • Tomasz Tunguz: Why Private Equity Firms Are AI’s Perfect Breeding Ground

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    Source URL: https://www.tomtunguz.com/pe-ai-convergence/ Source: Tomasz Tunguz Title: Why Private Equity Firms Are AI’s Perfect Breeding Ground Feedly Summary: Private equity firms have discovered the ultimate competitive advantage hiding in plain sight. Why are some businesses racing ahead with AI while others struggle to implement even basic automation? Most companies face an impossible choice when considering…

  • Cloud Blog: Designing a multi-tenant GKE platform for Yahoo Mail’s migration journey

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/understanding-yahoo-mails-multi-tenant-gke-platform-design/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Designing a multi-tenant GKE platform for Yahoo Mail’s migration journey Feedly Summary: Yahoo is in the midst of a multi-year journey to migrate its renowned Yahoo Mail application onto Google Cloud. With more than 100 services and middleware components in the application, Yahoo Mail is primarily taking a…