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  • The Register: Wanted: A handy metric for gauging if GPUs are being used optimally

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/20/gpu_metric/ Source: The Register Title: Wanted: A handy metric for gauging if GPUs are being used optimally Feedly Summary: Even well-optimized models only likely to use 35 to 45% of compute the silicon can deliver GPU accelerators used in AI processing are costly items, so making sure you get the best usage out…

  • Slashdot: Apple’s Next-Gen Version of Siri Is ‘On Par’ With ChatGPT

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/05/19/2119226/apples-next-gen-version-of-siri-is-on-par-with-chatgpt?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple’s Next-Gen Version of Siri Is ‘On Par’ With ChatGPT Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple is reportedly developing a next-generation version of Siri that aims to compete directly with ChatGPT, focusing on significant improvements in conversational capabilities and information synthesis. This new iteration will utilize…

  • Slashdot: xAI’s Grok 3 Comes To Microsoft Azure

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/19/2033214/xais-grok-3-comes-to-microsoft-azure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: xAI’s Grok 3 Comes To Microsoft Azure Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft has partnered with Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, to offer managed access to the Grok AI models via Azure AI Foundry. The Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini models incorporate enhanced security and…

  • AWS News Blog: Join AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day to learn cutting-edge innovations building global cloud infrastructure

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/join-aws-cloud-infrastructure-day-to-learn-cutting-edge-innovations-building-global-cloud-infrastructure/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Join AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day to learn cutting-edge innovations building global cloud infrastructure Feedly Summary: AWS Cloud Infrastructure Day, a free virtual event on May 22, 2025, will showcase AWS’s latest innovations in cloud infrastructure, including advances in compute, AI/ML, storage, networking, and serverless technologies, featuring technical…

  • The Register: Nvidia builds a server to run x86 workloads alongside agentic AI

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/19/nvidia_rtx_pro_servers/ Source: The Register Title: Nvidia builds a server to run x86 workloads alongside agentic AI Feedly Summary: Wants to be the ‘HR department for agents’ GTC Nvidia has delivered a server design that includes x86 processors and eight GPUs connected by a dedicated switch to run agentic AI alongside mainstream enterprise workloads.……

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-pdf-to-images

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/18/llm-pdf-to-images/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-pdf-to-images Feedly Summary: llm-pdf-to-images Inspired by my previous llm-video-frames plugin, I thought it would be neat to have a plugin for LLM that can take a PDF and turn that into an image-per-page so you can feed PDFs into models that support image inputs but don’t yet…

  • Slashdot: ‘Rust is So Good You Can Get Paid $20K to Make It as Fast as C’

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/18/0257255/rust-is-so-good-you-can-get-paid-20k-to-make-it-as-fast-as-c?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Rust is So Good You Can Get Paid $20K to Make It as Fast as C’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Prossimo project aims to enhance Internet security through the development of the rav1d AV1 decoder using Rust, which focuses on memory safety. While the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: qwen2.5vl in Ollama

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/18/qwen25vl-in-ollama/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: qwen2.5vl in Ollama Feedly Summary: qwen2.5vl in Ollama Ollama announced a complete overhaul of their vision support the other day. Here’s the first new model they’ve shipped since then – a packaged version of Qwen 2.5 VL which was first released on January 26th 2025. Here are…

  • AWS Open Source Blog: Introducing Strands Agents, an Open Source AI Agents SDK

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/introducing-strands-agents-an-open-source-ai-agents-sdk/ Source: AWS Open Source Blog Title: Introducing Strands Agents, an Open Source AI Agents SDK Feedly Summary: Today I am happy to announce we are releasing Strands Agents. Strands Agents is an open source SDK that takes a model-driven approach to building and running AI agents in just a few lines of…

  • Cloud Blog: Getting AI to write good SQL: Text-to-SQL techniques explained

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/techniques-for-improving-text-to-sql/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Getting AI to write good SQL: Text-to-SQL techniques explained Feedly Summary: Organizations depend on fast and accurate data-driven insights to make decisions, and SQL is at the core of how they access that data. With Gemini, Google can generate SQL directly from natural language — a.k.a. text-to-SQL. This…