Tag: play

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Gemini 2.5 Models now support implicit caching

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/9/gemini-implicit-caching/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Gemini 2.5 Models now support implicit caching Feedly Summary: Gemini 2.5 Models now support implicit caching I just spotted a cacheTokensDetails key in the token usage JSON while running a long chain of prompts against Gemini 2.5 Flash – despite not configuring caching myself: {“cachedContentTokenCount": 200658, "promptTokensDetails":…

  • Cloud Blog: Expanding BigQuery geospatial capabilities with Earth Engine raster analytics

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/a-closer-look-at-earth-engine-in-bigquery/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Expanding BigQuery geospatial capabilities with Earth Engine raster analytics Feedly Summary: At Google Cloud Next 25, we announced a major step forward in geospatial analytics: Earth Engine in BigQuery. This new capability unlocks Earth Engine raster analytics directly in BigQuery, making advanced analysis of geospatial datasets derived from…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Introducing web search on the Anthropic API

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/7/anthropic-api-search/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Introducing web search on the Anthropic API Feedly Summary: Introducing web search on the Anthropic API Anthropic’s web search (presumably still powered by Brave) is now also available through their API, in the shape of a new web search tool called web_search_20250305. You can specify a maximum…

  • Slashdot: Trump Will Rescind Biden-Era AI Chip Export Curbs

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/2018224/trump-will-rescind-biden-era-ai-chip-export-curbs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Trump Will Rescind Biden-Era AI Chip Export Curbs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the Trump administration’s plans to revise the “AI diffusion” rule regarding advanced AI chip trade restrictions, which originated during the Biden administration. This issue has significant implications for semiconductor companies…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Saying "hi" to Microsoft’s Phi-4-reasoning

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/6/phi-4-reasoning/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Saying "hi" to Microsoft’s Phi-4-reasoning Feedly Summary: Microsoft released a new sub-family of models a few days ago: Phi-4 reasoning. They introduced them in this blog post celebrating a year since the release of Phi-3: Today, we are excited to introduce Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning – marking…

  • The Register: Cerebras CEO actually finds common ground with Nvidia as startup notches IBM win

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/cerebras_ceo_blasts_us_trade/ Source: The Register Title: Cerebras CEO actually finds common ground with Nvidia as startup notches IBM win Feedly Summary: Feldman calls US’s AI Diffusion rules ‘bad policy’ Cerebras Systems’ dinner-plate-sized chips currently power the latest AI inference offerings from Meta and, soon, those of IBM, but US trade policy weighs heavy on…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Reaches Agreement To Buy Startup Windsurf For $3 Billion

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/06/0152211/openai-reaches-agreement-to-buy-startup-windsurf-for-3-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Reaches Agreement To Buy Startup Windsurf For $3 Billion Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s planned acquisition of the AI-assisted coding tool Windsurf for approximately $3 billion marks a significant move in enhancing its coding capabilities, particularly for professionals involved in AI development and infrastructure.…