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  • Cloud Blog: Unlock 66% better price-performance with new M4 VMs for memory-intensive workloads

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/m4-vms-are-designed-for-memory-intensive-workloads-like-sap/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Unlock 66% better price-performance with new M4 VMs for memory-intensive workloads Feedly Summary: Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of the memory-optimized machine series: Compute Engine M4, our most performant memory-optimized VM with under 6TB of memory.  The M4 family is designed for workloads like SAP…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Build AI agents with the Mistral Agents API

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/27/mistral-agents-api/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Build AI agents with the Mistral Agents API Feedly Summary: Build AI agents with the Mistral Agents API Big upgrade to Mistral’s API this morning: they’ve announced a new “Agents API". Mistral have been using the term "agents" for a while now. Here’s how they describe them:…

  • Cloud Blog: How Confidential Computing lays the foundation for trusted AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/how-confidential-computing-lays-the-foundation-for-trusted-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Confidential Computing lays the foundation for trusted AI Feedly Summary: Confidential Computing has redefined how organizations can securely process their sensitive workloads in the cloud. The growth in our hardware ecosystem is fueling a new wave of adoption, enabling customers to use Confidential Computing to support cutting-edge…

  • 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.……

  • AWS News Blog: New Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to accelerate AI innovations

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-p6-b200-instances-powered-by-nvidia-blackwell-gpus-to-accelerate-ai-innovations/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: New Amazon EC2 P6-B200 instances powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to accelerate AI innovations Feedly Summary: The P6-B200 EC2 instances powered by NVIDIA Blackwell B200 GPUs offer up to twice the performance of previous P5en instances for machine learning and high-performance computing workloads. AI Summary and Description:…

  • Wired: Google DeepMind’s AI Agent Dreams Up Algorithms Beyond Human Expertise

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepminds-ai-agent-dreams-up-algorithms-beyond-human-expertise/ Source: Wired Title: Google DeepMind’s AI Agent Dreams Up Algorithms Beyond Human Expertise Feedly Summary: A new system that combines Gemini’s coding abilities with an evolutionary approach  improves datacenter scheduling, chip design, and fine-tune large language models. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses an innovative system that merges Gemini’s…

  • Slashdot: US Warns Against Using Huawei Chips ‘Anywhere in the World’

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/14/140235/us-warns-against-using-huawei-chips-anywhere-in-the-world?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Warns Against Using Huawei Chips ‘Anywhere in the World’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the U.S. government’s increased scrutiny on Chinese technology, specifically regarding AI chips manufactured by Huawei, and outlines how their use could lead to legal consequences under U.S. export…

  • Slashdot: The Stealthy Lab Cooking Up Amazon’s Secret Sauce

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/12/2124207/the-stealthy-lab-cooking-up-amazons-secret-sauce?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: The Stealthy Lab Cooking Up Amazon’s Secret Sauce Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s acquisition of Annapurna Labs is a cornerstone of its artificial intelligence strategy, enhancing its cloud computing infrastructure with custom silicon. The deal has positioned Amazon as a leader in AI technology, particularly…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Cursor: Security

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/11/cursor-security/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Cursor: Security Feedly Summary: Cursor: Security Cursor’s security documentation page includes a surprising amount of detail about how the Cursor text editor’s backend systems work. I’ve recently learned that checking an organization’s list of documented subprocessors is a great way to get a feel for how everything…

  • The Register: Intel tweaks its 18A process with variants tailored to mass-market chips, big AI brains

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/intel_foundry_update/ Source: The Register Title: Intel tweaks its 18A process with variants tailored to mass-market chips, big AI brains Feedly Summary: If Lip Bu Tan can’t sell you his LLM accelerator, he’s more than willing to build yours Direct Connect Intel has revealed a pair of variants of its long-awaited 18A process node…