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  • The Register: Does terrible code drive you mad? Wait until you see what it does to OpenAI’s GPT-4o

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/27/llm_emergent_misalignment_study/ Source: The Register Title: Does terrible code drive you mad? Wait until you see what it does to OpenAI’s GPT-4o Feedly Summary: Model was fine-tuned to write vulnerable software – then suggested enslaving humanity Computer scientists have found that fine-tuning notionally safe large language models to do one thing badly can negatively…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Gemini 2.0 Flash and Flash-Lite

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/25/gemini-20-flash-and-flash-lite/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Gemini 2.0 Flash and Flash-Lite Feedly Summary: Gemini 2.0 Flash and Flash-Lite Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite is now generally available – previously it was available just as a preview – and has announced pricing. The model is $0.075/million input tokens and $0.030/million output – the same price as…

  • Hacker News: The Best Way to Use Text Embeddings Portably Is with Parquet and Polars

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    Source URL: https://minimaxir.com/2025/02/embeddings-parquet/ Source: Hacker News Title: The Best Way to Use Text Embeddings Portably Is with Parquet and Polars Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text provides a detailed overview of generating and utilizing text embeddings from large language models, specifically applied to Magic: The Gathering cards. It emphasizes the…

  • Hacker News: AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years

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    Source URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz6e9edy3o Source: Hacker News Title: AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a remarkable achievement where an AI tool developed by Google was able to solve a complex scientific problem relating to antibiotic-resistant superbugs in just two…

  • Hacker News: AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years

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    Source URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyz6e9edy3o Source: Hacker News Title: AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A new AI tool developed by Google significantly accelerated research by microbiologist Professor José R Penadés and his team at Imperial College London, solving a complex problem related…

  • Slashdot: Google Builds AI ‘Co-Scientist’ Tool To Speed Up Research

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/02/19/1433205/google-builds-ai-co-scientist-tool-to-speed-up-research?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Builds AI ‘Co-Scientist’ Tool To Speed Up Research Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has developed an AI laboratory assistant, the “co-scientist,” which aims to enhance biomedical research by helping scientists generate hypotheses and identify knowledge gaps. Test results show that this AI tool can…

  • Wired: Mira Murati Launches Thinking Machines Lab to Make AI More Accessible

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/mira-murati-thinking-machines-lab/ Source: Wired Title: Mira Murati Launches Thinking Machines Lab to Make AI More Accessible Feedly Summary: After leaving OpenAI last year, Mira Murati is finally ready to share what she’s working on. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Mira Murati, former CTO of OpenAI, has launched a new public benefit corporation called…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-sort

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/11/llm-sort/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-sort Feedly Summary: llm-sort Delightful LLM plugin by Evangelos Lamprou which adds the ability to perform “semantic search" – allowing you to sort the contents of a file based on using a prompt against an LLM to determine sort order. Best illustrated by these examples from the…

  • Hacker News: Open source AI: Red Hat’s point-of-view

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    Source URL: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/open-source-ai-red-hats-point-view Source: Hacker News Title: Open source AI: Red Hat’s point-of-view Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Red Hat advocates for the principles of open source AI, emphasizing the necessity of open source-licensed model weights in tandem with open source software components. This stance is rooted in the belief that…

  • Hacker News: Calculate the number of language model tokens for a string

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    Source URL: https://blog.mastykarz.nl/calculate-number-language-model-tokens-string/ Source: Hacker News Title: Calculate the number of language model tokens for a string Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides guidance on calculating the number of language model tokens for a given string, which is essential for developers working with AI and NLP applications. The method…