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  • The Register: Scale AI says ‘tanks a lot’ to Pentagon for data-classifying deal

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/dod_scale_ai_deal/ Source: The Register Title: Scale AI says ‘tanks a lot’ to Pentagon for data-classifying deal Feedly Summary: First up: $41M to use human annotators to label all that unstructured military data. What could go wrong? Data curation firm Scale AI has partnered with the Pentagon to deploy its AI on Top Secret…

  • Slashdot: Anthropic Denies Federal Agencies Use of Claude for Surveillance Tasks

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/145230/anthropic-denies-federal-agencies-use-of-claude-for-surveillance-tasks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Anthropic Denies Federal Agencies Use of Claude for Surveillance Tasks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Anthropic refuses federal contractors’ requests to utilize its Claude AI models for surveillance, reinforcing its commitment to ethical usage policies. This decision limits the deployment of its technology by agencies like…

  • Slashdot: Vibe Coding Has Turned Senior Devs Into ‘AI Babysitters’

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/15/2056250/vibe-coding-has-turned-senior-devs-into-ai-babysitters?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Vibe Coding Has Turned Senior Devs Into ‘AI Babysitters’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the challenges faced by web developers using AI-generated code, highlighting the risks of dependency on AI tools for coding. It emphasizes the need for thorough verification of AI-generated outputs,…

  • AWS News Blog: AWS named as a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms and Container Management

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-named-as-a-leader-in-2025-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-native-application-platforms-and-container-management/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: AWS named as a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms and Container Management Feedly Summary: AWS was named as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Native Application Platforms in two consecutive years positioned highest on “Ability to Execute", and for…

  • Wired: Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-google-ai-workers-were-fired-amid-fight-over-working-conditions/ Source: Wired Title: Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions Feedly Summary: Over 200 contractors who work on improving Google’s AI products, including Gemini and AI Overviews, have been laid off, sources say. It’s the latest development in a conflict over pay and alleged poor working conditions.…

  • Slashdot: AI-generated Medical Data Can Sidestep Usual Ethics Review, Universities Say

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/12/1531258/ai-generated-medical-data-can-sidestep-usual-ethics-review-universities-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI-generated Medical Data Can Sidestep Usual Ethics Review, Universities Say Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses the use of synthetic data generated by AI in medical research without requiring ethics board approval, highlighting the implications for patient privacy and research efficiency. This practice raises…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Comparing the memory implementations of Claude and ChatGPT

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/12/claude-memory/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Comparing the memory implementations of Claude and ChatGPT Feedly Summary: Claude Memory: A Different Philosophy Shlok Khemani has been doing excellent work reverse-engineering LLM systems and documenting his discoveries. Last week he wrote about ChatGPT memory. This week it’s Claude. Claude’s memory system has two fundamental characteristics.…

  • The Register: AI can’t be woke and regulators should be asleep, Senator Cruz says

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/ai_cruz_sandbox/ Source: The Register Title: AI can’t be woke and regulators should be asleep, Senator Cruz says Feedly Summary: We went through two hours of Senate hearings so you didn’t have to Video The Trump administration is pushing to loosen federal rules on AI, with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introducing legislation to give…

  • AWS Open Source Blog: Strands Agents and the Model-Driven Approach

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/strands-agents-and-the-model-driven-approach/ Source: AWS Open Source Blog Title: Strands Agents and the Model-Driven Approach Feedly Summary: Until recently, building AI agents meant wrestling with complex orchestration frameworks. Developers wrote elaborate state machines, predefined workflows, and extensive error-handling code to guide language models through multi-step tasks. We needed to build elaborate decision trees to handle…

  • Wired: Microsoft’s AI Chief Says Machine Consciousness Is an ‘Illusion’

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/microsofts-ai-chief-says-machine-consciousness-is-an-illusion/ Source: Wired Title: Microsoft’s AI Chief Says Machine Consciousness Is an ‘Illusion’ Feedly Summary: Mustafa Suleyman says that designing AI systems to exceed human intelligence—and to mimic behavior that suggests consciousness—would be “dangerous and misguided.” AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Mustafa Suleyman’s assertion regarding the design of AI systems highlights significant…