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  • Slashdot: ‘Hour of Code’ Announces It’s Now Evolving Into ‘Hour of AI’

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/08/10/0110212/hour-of-code-announces-its-now-evolving-into-hour-of-ai Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Hour of Code’ Announces It’s Now Evolving Into ‘Hour of AI’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Microsoft’s significant investment in AI education, reflecting a shift in computer science education from traditional coding to AI literacy. It emphasizes the importance of understanding AI’s implications…

  • Cloud Blog: Announcing AI-first Colab notebook experience for Google Cloud

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/ai-first-colab-notebooks-in-bigquery-and-vertex-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Announcing AI-first Colab notebook experience for Google Cloud Feedly Summary: At Google I/O 2025, we announced a new, reimagined AI-first Colab with agentic capabilities, making it a true coding partner that understands your current code, actions, intentions, and goals. Today, we are excited to bring these capabilities to…

  • Cloud Blog: Redefining enterprise data with agents and AI-native foundations

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/new-agents-and-ai-foundations-for-data-teams/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Redefining enterprise data with agents and AI-native foundations Feedly Summary: The world is not just changing; it’s being re-engineered in real-time by data and AI. The way we interact with data is undergoing a fundamental transformation, moving beyond human-led analysis to a collaborative partnership with intelligent agents. This…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: OpenAI’s new open weight (Apache 2) models are really good

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/5/gpt-oss/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: OpenAI’s new open weight (Apache 2) models are really good Feedly Summary: The long promised OpenAI open weight models are here, and they are very impressive. They’re available under proper open source licenses – Apache 2.0 – and come in two sizes, 120B and 20B. OpenAI’s own…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: XBai o4

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/3/xbai-o4/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: XBai o4 Feedly Summary: XBai o4 Yet another open source (Apache 2.0) LLM from a Chinese AI lab. This model card claims: XBai o4 excels in complex reasoning capabilities and has now completely surpassed OpenAI-o3-mini in Medium mode. This a 32.8 billion parameter model released by MetaStone…

  • Slashdot: America’s Los Alamos Lab Is Now Investing Heavily In AI For Science

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/03/0447207/americas-los-alamos-lab-is-now-investing-heavily-in-ai-for-science Source: Slashdot Title: America’s Los Alamos Lab Is Now Investing Heavily In AI For Science Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the establishment of a National Security AI Office at Los Alamos National Lab, emphasizing the importance of AI in advancing scientific research and national security. With…

  • Slashdot: Google’s AlphaEarth AI Maps Any 10-Meter Area on Earth Using Satellite Data

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/30/2032255/googles-alphaearth-ai-maps-any-10-meter-area-on-earth-using-satellite-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google’s AlphaEarth AI Maps Any 10-Meter Area on Earth Using Satellite Data Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has launched AlphaEarth Foundations, an innovative AI model designed to analyze vast amounts of satellite data for environmental tracking. It significantly enhances the accuracy and efficiency of mapping…

  • AWS News Blog: AWS Weekly Roundup: SQS fair queues, CloudWatch generative AI observability, and more (July 28, 2025)

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-weekly-roundup-sqs-fair-queues-cloudwatch-generative-ai-observability-and-more-july-28-2025/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: AWS Weekly Roundup: SQS fair queues, CloudWatch generative AI observability, and more (July 28, 2025) Feedly Summary: To be honest, I’m still recovering from the AWS Summit in New York, doing my best to level up on launches like Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (Preview) and Amazon Simple Storage…

  • Cloud Blog: Your guide to Google Cloud Security at Black Hat USA 2025

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/your-guide-to-google-cloud-security-at-black-hat-usa-2025/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Your guide to Google Cloud Security at Black Hat USA 2025 Feedly Summary: At Google Cloud Security, our mission is to empower organizations to strengthen their defenses with innovative security capabilities, all while simplifying and modernizing their cybersecurity. In a world of evolving threats and increasing complexity, we…

  • Slashdot: FDA’s New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/2044251/fdas-new-drug-approval-ai-is-generating-fake-studies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: FDA’s New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses concerns regarding the FDA’s use of an AI tool named Elsa, which is reportedly generating fake studies and misrepresenting research. This raises significant implications for public health and the…