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  • Slashdot: Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/05/1315244/uber-india-starts-offering-drivers-gigs-collecting-and-classifying-info-for-ai-models Source: Slashdot Title: Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Uber’s Indian branch has launched a new initiative that allows rideshare and delivery drivers to earn extra income by participating in data classification tasks for AI systems. This…

  • The Register: Microsoft doing light work with Analog Optical Computer prototype

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/05/microsoft_analog_optical_computer/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft doing light work with Analog Optical Computer prototype Feedly Summary: Good for solving finance and clinical problems… and AI Microsoft researchers in Cambridge have unveiled its latest iteration of an Analog Optical Computer (AOC) and have inevitably incorporated AI into the technology’s capabilities.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • The Register: Knock-on effects of software dev break-in hit schools trust

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/05/uk_schools_intradev_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Knock-on effects of software dev break-in hit schools trust Feedly Summary: Affinity Learning Partnership warns staff after Intradev breach A major UK education trust has warned staff that their personal information may have been compromised following a cyberattack on software developer Intradev in August.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • Slashdot: Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney For Copyright Infringement

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/04/2236226/warner-bros-discovery-sues-midjourney-for-copyright-infringement Source: Slashdot Title: Warner Bros. Discovery Sues Midjourney For Copyright Infringement Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Warner Bros. Discovery has raised significant legal concerns by filing a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney, alleging that the AI image generator is unlawfully using its intellectual property to create images of iconic characters.…

  • The Register: Boffins detail new method to make neural nets forget private and copyrighted info

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/boffins_detail_ai_mind_wipe/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins detail new method to make neural nets forget private and copyrighted info Feedly Summary: Because nobody’s going to spend billions to retrain a model built on dubiously legal content Researchers have found promising new ways to have AI models ignore copyrighted content, suggesting it may be possible…

  • The Register: No chips for you! Senator wants Americans to get first dibs on GPUs, restrict sales to others

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/us_senator_americans_first_ai_sillicon/ Source: The Register Title: No chips for you! Senator wants Americans to get first dibs on GPUs, restrict sales to others Feedly Summary: We’ve got hungry American datacenters to feed, argued the lawmaker – a revival Nvidia dubs ‘doomer science fiction’ +Comment US lawmakers are looking to apply Trump’s America-First agenda to…

  • Cloud Blog: How Baseten achieves 225% better cost-performance for AI inference (and you can too)

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/how-baseten-achieves-better-cost-performance-for-ai-inference/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Baseten achieves 225% better cost-performance for AI inference (and you can too) Feedly Summary: Baseten is one of a growing number of AI infrastructure providers, helping other startups run their models and experiments at speed and scale. Given the importance of those two factors to its customers,…

  • Slashdot: India’s AI Story Is ‘All Talk, Little Substance,’ Says Bernstein

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/04/1231230/indias-ai-story-is-all-talk-little-substance-says-bernstein?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: India’s AI Story Is ‘All Talk, Little Substance,’ Says Bernstein Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a warning from investment research firm Bernstein regarding potential challenges that India faces in the AI sector due to aggressive pricing strategies from US technology companies. The report…

  • Schneier on Security: Generative AI as a Cybercrime Assistant

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/generative-ai-as-a-cybercrime-assistant.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Generative AI as a Cybercrime Assistant Feedly Summary: Anthropic reports on a Claude user: We recently disrupted a sophisticated cybercriminal that used Claude Code to commit large-scale theft and extortion of personal data. The actor targeted at least 17 distinct organizations, including in healthcare, the emergency services,…