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  • Cloud Blog: An efficient path to production AI: Kakao’s journey with JAX and Cloud TPUs

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure-modernization/kakaos-journey-with-jax-and-cloud-tpus/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: An efficient path to production AI: Kakao’s journey with JAX and Cloud TPUs Feedly Summary: When your messaging platform serves 49 million people – 93% of South Korea’s population – every technical decision carries enormous weight. The engineering team at Kakao faced exactly this challenge when their existing…

  • Slashdot: LLM Found Transmitting Behavioral Traits to ‘Student’ LLM Via Hidden Signals in Data

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/17/0331217/llm-found-transmitting-behavioral-traits-to-student-llm-via-hidden-signals-in-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: LLM Found Transmitting Behavioral Traits to ‘Student’ LLM Via Hidden Signals in Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study highlights a concerning phenomenon in AI development known as subliminal learning, where a “teacher” model instills traits in a “student” model without explicit instruction. This can…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: OpenAI: Introducing study mode

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/29/openai-introducing-study-mode/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: OpenAI: Introducing study mode Feedly Summary: OpenAI: Introducing study mode New ChatGPT feature, which can be triggered by typing /study or by visiting chatgpt.com/studymode. OpenAI say: Under the hood, study mode is powered by custom system instructions we’ve written in collaboration with teachers, scientists, and pedagogy experts…

  • Slashdot: AI Boom Sparks Fight Over Soaring Power Costs

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/29/138232/ai-boom-sparks-fight-over-soaring-power-costs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Boom Sparks Fight Over Soaring Power Costs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the escalating electricity demands driven by AI data center construction in the U.S., highlighting tensions between tech companies and utility providers regarding the financial responsibilities for grid upgrades. This situation…

  • Cloud Blog: Your guide to taking an open model from discovery to a production-ready endpoint on Vertex AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/take-an-open-model-from-discovery-to-endpoint-on-vertex-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Your guide to taking an open model from discovery to a production-ready endpoint on Vertex AI Feedly Summary: Developers building with gen AI are increasingly drawn to open models for their power and flexibility. But customizing and deploying them can be a huge challenge. You’re often left wrestling…

  • Schneier on Security: Subliminal Learning in AIs

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/subliminal-learning-in-ais.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Subliminal Learning in AIs Feedly Summary: Today’s freaky LLM behavior: We study subliminal learning, a surprising phenomenon where language models learn traits from model-generated data that is semantically unrelated to those traits. For example, a “student” model learns to prefer owls when trained on sequences of numbers…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting ICML 2025

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/23/icml-2025/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting ICML 2025 Feedly Summary: Submitting a paper with a “hidden" prompt is scientific misconduct if that prompt is intended to obtain a favorable review from an LLM. The inclusion of such a prompt is an attempt to subvert the peer-review process. Although ICML 2025 reviewers are…