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Tag: Progress

  • ISC2 Think Tank: Using Zero Trust as a Cloud Security Strategy: Your Questions Answered

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    Source URL: https://www.isc2.org/professional-development/webinars/thinktank?commid=642815 Source: ISC2 Think Tank Title: Using Zero Trust as a Cloud Security Strategy: Your Questions Answered Feedly Summary: Jason Garbis, Founder & CEO of Numberline Security and Co-Chair of the Zero Trust Working Group at the Cloud Security alliance, recently presented during the ISC2 Spotlight on Cloud Security, offering an in-depth exploration…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-card/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4 Feedly Summary: System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4 Direct link to a PDF on Anthropic’s CDN because they don’t appear to have a landing page anywhere for this document. Anthropic’s system cards are always worth…

  • Cloud Blog: Train AI for less: Improve ML Goodput with elastic training and optimized checkpointing

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/elastic-training-and-optimized-checkpointing-improve-ml-goodput/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Train AI for less: Improve ML Goodput with elastic training and optimized checkpointing Feedly Summary: Want to save some money on large AI training? For a typical PyTorch LLM training workload that spans thousands of accelerators for several weeks, a 1% improvement in ML Goodput can translate to…

  • 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…

  • Cloud Blog: The AI-driven telecom: A new era of network transformation

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/telecommunications/the-ai-driven-telecom-a-new-era-of-network-transformation/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: The AI-driven telecom: A new era of network transformation Feedly Summary: The telecommunications industry is undergoing a profound transformation, with AI and generative AI emerging as key catalysts. Communication service providers (CSPs) are increasingly recognizing that these technologies are not merely incremental improvements but fundamental drivers for achieving…

  • Wired: Google’s AI Boss Says Gemini’s New Abilities Point the Way to AGI

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/googles-ai-boss-says-geminis-new-abilities-point-the-way-to-agi/ Source: Wired Title: Google’s AI Boss Says Gemini’s New Abilities Point the Way to AGI Feedly Summary: Google’s AI models are learning to reason, wield agency, and build virtual models of the real world. The company’s AI lead, Demis Hassabis, says all this—and more—will be needed for true AGI. AI Summary and…

  • The Register: Nvidia part of plans for mega 1.4 GW AI datacenter near Paris

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/20/paris_dc_hub_1_point_4_gw/ Source: The Register Title: Nvidia part of plans for mega 1.4 GW AI datacenter near Paris Feedly Summary: Say something nice? At least France has nuclear power, though its grid needs work Europe’s largest AI datacenter campus is to be built near Paris in France, according to blueprints released by a joint…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • SDx Central: IBM Security, McAfee Spearhead Open Cybersecurity Alliance

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    Source URL: https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/ibm-security-mcafee-spearhead-open-cybersecurity-alliance/ Source: SDx Central Title: IBM Security, McAfee Spearhead Open Cybersecurity Alliance Feedly Summary: IBM Security, McAfee Spearhead Open Cybersecurity Alliance AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The establishment of the Open Cybersecurity Alliance marks a significant step towards achieving interoperability in security technologies through open source initiatives. This collaboration brings together multiple…