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  • Cloud Blog: Get started with Google Cloud’s built-in tokenization for sensitive data protection

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/get-started-with-built-in-tokenization-for-sensitive-data-protection/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Get started with Google Cloud’s built-in tokenization for sensitive data protection Feedly Summary: In many industries including finance and healthcare, sensitive data such as payment card numbers and government identification numbers need to be secured before they can be used and shared. A common approach is applying tokenization…

  • Hacker News: voyage-code-3

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    Source URL: https://blog.voyageai.com/2024/12/04/voyage-code-3/ Source: Hacker News Title: voyage-code-3 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text presents voyage-code-3, a new embedding model optimized for code retrieval that significantly outperforms existing models in both performance and cost-efficiency. The introduction of Matryoshka learning and advanced quantization techniques allows for reduced storage requirements without compromising…

  • Hacker News: AI Engineer Reading List

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    Source URL: https://www.latent.space/p/2025-papers Source: Hacker News Title: AI Engineer Reading List Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text focuses on providing a curated reading list for AI engineers, particularly emphasizing recent advancements in large language models (LLMs) and related AI technologies. It is a practical guide designed to enhance the knowledge…

  • Cloud Blog: How inference at the edge unlocks new AI use cases for retailers

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/retail/ai-for-retailers-boost-roi-without-straining-budget-or-resources/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How inference at the edge unlocks new AI use cases for retailers Feedly Summary: For retailers, making intelligent, data-driven decisions in real-time isn’t an advantage — it’s a necessity. Staying ahead of the curve means embracing AI, but many retailers hesitate to adopt because it’s costly to overhaul…

  • Hacker News: Entropy of a Large Language Model output

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    Source URL: https://nikkin.dev/blog/llm-entropy.html Source: Hacker News Title: Entropy of a Large Language Model output Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This text discusses the functionalities and implications of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT from an information theoretic perspective, particularly focusing on concepts such as token generation and entropy. This examination provides…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Ben Hylak

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/12/ben-hylak/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Ben Hylak Feedly Summary: I was using o1 like a chat model — but o1 is not a chat model. If o1 is not a chat model — what is it? I think of it like a “report generator.” If you give it enough context, and…

  • Hacker News: Ask HN: Pull the curtain back on Nvidia’s CES keynote please

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    Source URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42670808 Source: Hacker News Title: Ask HN: Pull the curtain back on Nvidia’s CES keynote please Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a professional’s skepticism regarding the transformative potential of AI and LLMs in engineering, despite optimistic industry visions like those presented by NVIDIA. It calls for…

  • Slashdot: Nvidia CEO: Quantum Computers Won’t Be Very Useful for Another 20 Years

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/10/0023257/nvidia-ceo-quantum-computers-wont-be-very-useful-for-another-20-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Nvidia CEO: Quantum Computers Won’t Be Very Useful for Another 20 Years Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts that quantum computers will not become practically useful for approximately 20 years, causing a notable drop in stock values in the quantum computing sector.…

  • The Register: To save the energy grid from AI, use open source AI, says open source body

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/linux_foundation_ai_energy_report/ Source: The Register Title: To save the energy grid from AI, use open source AI, says open source body Feedly Summary: Linux Foundation Energy argues rapidly decentralizing electricity sector can’t succeed with silos The energy industry needs to adopt open source AI software, and the collaborative processes used to create it, to…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting David Crawshaw

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/7/david-crawshaw/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting David Crawshaw Feedly Summary: I followed this curiosity, to see if a tool that can generate something mostly not wrong most of the time could be a net benefit in my daily work. The answer appears to be yes, generative models are useful for me when…