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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Ted Sanders, OpenAI

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/17/ted-sanders/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Ted Sanders, OpenAI Feedly Summary: Our hypothesis is that o4-mini is a much better model, but we’ll wait to hear feedback from developers. Evals only tell part of the story, and we wouldn’t want to prematurely deprecate a model that developers continue to find value in.…

  • The Register: Microsoft: Why not let our Copilot fly your computer?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/microsoft_copilot_computer_use/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft: Why not let our Copilot fly your computer? Feedly Summary: Redmond talks up preview of AI agents navigating apps through the UI Microsoft will soon let Copilot agents drive computers through the GUI just like humans – by clicking buttons, selecting menus, and even completing forms on…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: openai/codex

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/16/openai-codex/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: openai/codex Feedly Summary: openai/codex Just released by OpenAI, a “lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal". Looks like their version of Claude Code. Tags: ai-assisted-programming, generative-ai, ai-agents, openai, ai, llms AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s recently released lightweight coding agent, integrated into the terminal,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Hamel Husain

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/15/hamel-husain/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Hamel Husain Feedly Summary: The single most impactful investment I’ve seen AI teams make isn’t a fancy evaluation dashboard—it’s building a customized interface that lets anyone examine what their AI is actually doing. I emphasize customized because every domain has unique needs that off-the-shelf tools rarely…

  • Cloud Blog: AI and BI converge: A deep dive into Gemini in Looker

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/gemini-in-looker-deep-dive/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: AI and BI converge: A deep dive into Gemini in Looker Feedly Summary: Driven by generative AI innovations, the Business Intelligence (BI) landscape is undergoing significant transformation, as businesses look to bring data insights to their organization in new and intuitive ways, lowering traditional barriers that have often…

  • Slashdot: Indian IT Faces Its Kodak Moment

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/15/0259250/indian-it-faces-its-kodak-moment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Indian IT Faces Its Kodak Moment Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the impact of Generative AI on the global IT services industry, particularly focusing on Indian technology firms. It highlights the balance between productivity gains from AI and the pressure on revenue due…

  • Cloud Blog: A New Era of Innovation: Public Sector Highlights from Next ‘25

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/a-new-era-of-innovation-public-sector-highlights-from-next-25/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: A New Era of Innovation: Public Sector Highlights from Next ‘25 Feedly Summary: We’re at an inflection point right now, where every industry and entire societies are witnessing sweeping change, with AI as the driving force. This isn’t just about incremental improvements, it’s about total transformation. The public…

  • Cloud Blog: 229 things we announced at Google Cloud Next 25 – a recap

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/google-cloud-next-2025-wrap-up/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: 229 things we announced at Google Cloud Next 25 – a recap Feedly Summary: Google Cloud Next 25 took place this week and we’re all still buzzing! It was a jam-packed week in Las Vegas complete with interactive experiences, including more than 10 keynotes and spotlights, 700 sessions,…

  • Cloud Blog: Next 25 developer keynote: From prompt, to agent, to work, to fun

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/next25-developer-keynote-recap/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Next 25 developer keynote: From prompt, to agent, to work, to fun Feedly Summary: Attending a tech conference like Google Cloud Next can feel like drinking from a firehose — all the news, all the sessions, and breakouts, all the learning and networking… But after a busy couple…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-fragments-rust

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/11/llm-fragments-rust/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-fragments-rust Feedly Summary: llm-fragments-rust Inspired by Filippo Valsorda’s llm-fragments-go, Francois Garillot created llm-fragments-rust, an LLM fragments plugin that lets you pull documentation for any Rust crate directly into a prompt to LLM. I really like this example, which uses two fragments to load documentation for two crates…