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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting James Betker

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/16/james-betker/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting James Betker Feedly Summary: I work for OpenAI. […] o4-mini is actually a considerably better vision model than o3, despite the benchmarks. Similar to how o3-mini-high was a much better coding model than o1. I would recommend using o4-mini-high over o3 for any task involving vision.…

  • Wired: Meet The AI Agent With Multiple Personalities

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/simular-ai-agent-multiple-models-personalities/ Source: Wired Title: Meet The AI Agent With Multiple Personalities Feedly Summary: A new AI agent from the startup Simular switches between different AI models depending on the task at hand. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The introduction of a new AI agent by the startup Simular, which can switch between…

  • Schneier on Security: Slopsquatting

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/slopsquatting.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Slopsquatting Feedly Summary: As AI coding assistants invent nonexistent software libraries to download and use, enterprising attackers create and upload libraries with those names—laced with malware, of course. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a critical security concern in the intersection of AI and…

  • The Register: Chinese snoops use stealth RAT to backdoor US orgs – still active last week

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/15/chinese_spies_backdoored_us_orgs/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese snoops use stealth RAT to backdoor US orgs – still active last week Feedly Summary: Let the espionage and access resale campaigns begin (again) A cyberspy crew or individual with ties to China’s Ministry of State Security has infected global organizations with a remote access trojan (RAT)…

  • The Register: New SSL/TLS cert to live no longer than 47 days by 2029

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/14/ssl_tls_certificates/ Source: The Register Title: New SSL/TLS cert to live no longer than 47 days by 2029 Feedly Summary: IT admins, get ready to grumble CA/Browser Forum – a central body of web browser makers, security certificate issuers, and friends – has voted to cut the maximum lifespan of new SSL/TLS certs to…

  • Slashdot: Nvidia To Make AI Supercomputers in US for First Time

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/14/1352243/nvidia-to-make-ai-supercomputers-in-us-for-first-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Nvidia To Make AI Supercomputers in US for First Time Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Nvidia’s initiative to manufacture AI supercomputers domestically marks a significant move towards bolstering the U.S. AI infrastructure. This expansion not only aims to meet the escalating demand for AI hardware but…

  • Wired: Sex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/sex-fantasy-chatbots-are-leaking-explicit-messages-every-minute/ Source: Wired Title: Sex-Fantasy Chatbots Are Leaking a Constant Stream of Explicit Messages Feedly Summary: Some misconfigured AI chatbots are pushing people’s chats to the open web—revealing sexual prompts and conversations that include descriptions of child sexual abuse. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a critical security issue related…

  • Cloud Blog: H4D VMs: Next-generation HPC-optimized VMs

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/new-h4d-vms-optimized-for-hpc/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: H4D VMs: Next-generation HPC-optimized VMs Feedly Summary: At Google Cloud Next, we introduced H4D VMs, our latest machine type for high performance computing (HPC). Building upon existing HPC offerings, H4D VMs are designed to address the evolving needs of demanding workloads in industries such as manufacturing, weather forecasting,…