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  • Slashdot: ‘Rust is So Good You Can Get Paid $20K to Make It as Fast as C’

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/18/0257255/rust-is-so-good-you-can-get-paid-20k-to-make-it-as-fast-as-c?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Rust is So Good You Can Get Paid $20K to Make It as Fast as C’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Prossimo project aims to enhance Internet security through the development of the rav1d AV1 decoder using Rust, which focuses on memory safety. While the…

  • Slashdot: Is the Altruistic OpenAI Gone?

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/17/1925212/is-the-altruistic-openai-gone?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Is the Altruistic OpenAI Gone? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines concerns regarding OpenAI’s shifting priorities under CEO Sam Altman, highlighting internal struggles over the management of artificial intelligence safety and governance. It raises critical questions about the implications of AI development’s commercialization and…

  • The Register: Boffins devise technique that lets users prove location without giving it away

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/17/privacy_preserving_location_sharing/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins devise technique that lets users prove location without giving it away Feedly Summary: ZKLP system allows apps to confirm user presence in a region without exposing exactly where Computer scientists from universities in Germany, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom have proposed a way to provide verifiable…

  • Slashdot: MIT Asks arXiv To Take Down Preprint Paper On AI and Scientific Discovery

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/05/16/213210/mit-asks-arxiv-to-take-down-preprint-paper-on-ai-and-scientific-discovery?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: MIT Asks arXiv To Take Down Preprint Paper On AI and Scientific Discovery Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: MIT’s request to withdraw a controversial preprint paper on AI and scientific discovery raises significant concerns about research integrity, data validity, and the implications of AI in academia.…

  • Cloud Blog: Getting AI to write good SQL: Text-to-SQL techniques explained

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/techniques-for-improving-text-to-sql/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Getting AI to write good SQL: Text-to-SQL techniques explained Feedly Summary: Organizations depend on fast and accurate data-driven insights to make decisions, and SQL is at the core of how they access that data. With Gemini, Google can generate SQL directly from natural language — a.k.a. text-to-SQL. This…

  • Cloud Blog: AI Hypercomputer developer experience enhancements from Q1 25: build faster, scale bigger

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/ai-hypercomputer-enhancements-for-the-developer/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: AI Hypercomputer developer experience enhancements from Q1 25: build faster, scale bigger Feedly Summary: Building cutting-edge AI models is exciting, whether you’re iterating in your notebook or orchestrating large clusters. However, scaling up training can present significant challenges, including navigating complex infrastructure, configuring software and dependencies across numerous…

  • Slashdot: Google Dominates AI Patent Applications

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/15/140222/google-dominates-ai-patent-applications?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Dominates AI Patent Applications Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has taken the lead in generative AI-related patents, surpassing IBM, and sets the pace in emerging agentic AI technologies. This shift not only emphasizes the competitive landscape in AI innovation among tech giants but also…

  • The Register: Socket buys Coana to tell you which security alerts you can ignore

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/15/socket_get_jacked_with_reachability/ Source: The Register Title: Socket buys Coana to tell you which security alerts you can ignore Feedly Summary: Sometimes, less information is more In its latest gambit to reduce the noise of unnecessary security alerts, Socket has acquired Coana, a startup founded in 2022 by researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark that…

  • Slashdot: ChatGPT Diminishes Idea Diversity in Brainstorming, Study Finds

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/15/001250/chatgpt-diminishes-idea-diversity-in-brainstorming-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ChatGPT Diminishes Idea Diversity in Brainstorming, Study Finds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses findings from a study revealing that while generative AI tools like ChatGPT can boost individual creativity, they have a detrimental effect on the diversity of ideas produced collectively in brainstorming…