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  • Scott Logic: Reading The Gentle Singularity Through a Sustainability Lens

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    Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/09/09/reading-the-gentle-singularity-through-a-sustainability-lens.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Reading The Gentle Singularity Through a Sustainability Lens Feedly Summary: Sam Altman says AI will cost as little as electricity—but what’s the real environmental impact of billions of queries a day? In this post I dig into the numbers from the blog post “The Gentle Singularity" and compare…

  • Slashdot: Anthropic Settles Major AI Copyright Suit Brought by Authors

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/26/1848219/anthropic-settles-major-ai-copyright-suit-brought-by-authors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Anthropic Settles Major AI Copyright Suit Brought by Authors Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a settlement reached between Anthropic and a group of authors in a copyright class action lawsuit, underscoring the legal complexities surrounding AI development, particularly in relation to copyright issues.…

  • Cloud Blog: Building next-gen visuals with Gemini 2.5 Flash Image on Vertex AI

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-2-5-flash-image-on-vertex-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Building next-gen visuals with Gemini 2.5 Flash Image on Vertex AI Feedly Summary: Today, we announced native image generation and editing in Gemini 2.5 Flash to deliver higher-quality images and more powerful creative control. Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is State of the Art (SOTA) for both generation and…

  • Slashdot: Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and Tools

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/08/23/1731237/nvidia-release-massive-ai-ready-open-european-language-dataset-and-tools Source: Slashdot Title: Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and Tools Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Nvidia has launched Granary, an extensive open-source dataset that significantly enhances AI translation capabilities for European languages. This initiative, alongside new AI models Canary and Parakeet, aims to improve the inclusivity…

  • The Register: Google yet to take down ‘screenshot-grabbing’ Chrome VPN extension

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/freevpn_privacy_research/ Source: The Register Title: Google yet to take down ‘screenshot-grabbing’ Chrome VPN extension Feedly Summary: Researcher claims extension didn’t start out by exfiltrating info… while dev says its actions are ‘compliant’ Security boffins at Koi Security have warned of a shift in behavior of a popular Chrome VPN extension, FreeVPN.One, which recently…

  • Tomasz Tunguz: Why Private Equity Firms Are AI’s Perfect Breeding Ground

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    Source URL: https://www.tomtunguz.com/pe-ai-convergence/ Source: Tomasz Tunguz Title: Why Private Equity Firms Are AI’s Perfect Breeding Ground Feedly Summary: Private equity firms have discovered the ultimate competitive advantage hiding in plain sight. Why are some businesses racing ahead with AI while others struggle to implement even basic automation? Most companies face an impossible choice when considering…

  • Slashdot: AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/12/1913202/ai-is-forcing-the-return-of-the-in-person-job-interview?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a trend among major companies like Google, Cisco, and McKinsey to reinstate in-person interviews to counteract AI-assisted cheating during technical assessments. This move comes amid growing concerns about…

  • The Register: Google fixing Gemini so it doesn’t channel paranoid androids quite so often

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/11/google_fixing_gemini_self_flagellation/ Source: The Register Title: Google fixing Gemini so it doesn’t channel paranoid androids quite so often Feedly Summary: Brain the size of a planet and probably trained on Sci-Fi that’s full of anxious and depressed robots Google is aware that its Gemini AI chatbot can sometimes castigate itself harshly for failing to…