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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Medium is the new large

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/7/medium-is-the-new-large/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Medium is the new large Feedly Summary: Medium is the new large New model release from Mistral – this time closed source/proprietary. Mistral Medium claims strong benchmark scores similar to GPT-4o and Claude 3.7 Sonnet, but is priced at $0.40/million input and $2/million output – about the…

  • Slashdot: Apple Working To Move To AI Search in Browser Amid Google Fallout

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/1645257/apple-working-to-move-to-ai-search-in-browser-amid-google-fallout?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple Working To Move To AI Search in Browser Amid Google Fallout Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple is planning to revamp its Safari web browser to incorporate AI-powered search engines, driven by changes in its relationship with Google and declining search usage. This shift marks…

  • Cloud Blog: Guide to build MCP servers using vibe coding with Gemini 2.5 Pro

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/build-mcp-servers-using-vibe-coding-with-gemini-2-5-pro/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Guide to build MCP servers using vibe coding with Gemini 2.5 Pro Feedly Summary: Have you ever had something on the tip of your tongue, but you weren’t exactly sure how to describe what’s in your mind?  For developers, this is where “vibe coding " comes in. Vibe…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Saying "hi" to Microsoft’s Phi-4-reasoning

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/6/phi-4-reasoning/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Saying "hi" to Microsoft’s Phi-4-reasoning Feedly Summary: Microsoft released a new sub-family of models a few days ago: Phi-4 reasoning. They introduced them in this blog post celebrating a year since the release of Phi-3: Today, we are excited to introduce Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning – marking…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Arvind Narayanan

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/5/arvind-narayanan/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Arvind Narayanan Feedly Summary: [On using generative AI for work despite the risk of errors:] AI is helpful despite being error-prone if it is faster to verify the output than it is to do the work yourself. For example, if you’re using it to find a…

  • Cloud Blog: Announcing new Vertex AI Prediction Dedicated Endpoints

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/reliable-ai-with-vertex-ai-prediction-dedicated-endpoints/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Announcing new Vertex AI Prediction Dedicated Endpoints Feedly Summary: For AI developers building cutting-edge applications with large model sizes, a reliable foundation is non-negotiable. You need your AI to perform consistently, delivering results without hiccups, even under pressure. This means having dedicated resources that won’t get bogged down…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Dummy’s Guide to Modern LLM Sampling

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/4/llm-sampling/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Dummy’s Guide to Modern LLM Sampling Feedly Summary: Dummy’s Guide to Modern LLM Sampling This is an extremely useful, detailed set of explanations by @AlpinDale covering the various different sampling strategies used by modern LLMs. LLMs return a set of next-token probabilities for every token in their…

  • Schneier on Security: NCSC Guidance on “Advanced Cryptography”

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/ncsc-guidance-on-advanced-cryptography.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: NCSC Guidance on “Advanced Cryptography” Feedly Summary: The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre just released its white paper on “Advanced Cryptography,” which it defines as “cryptographic techniques for processing encrypted data, providing enhanced functionality over and above that provided by traditional cryptography.” It includes things like homomorphic…

  • Wired: Think Twice Before Creating That ChatGPT Action Figure

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-image-generator-action-figure-privacy/ Source: Wired Title: Think Twice Before Creating That ChatGPT Action Figure Feedly Summary: People are using ChatGPT’s new image generator to take part in viral social media trends. But using it also puts your privacy at risk—unless you take a few simple steps to protect yourself. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…