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Simon Willison’s Weblog: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/ai-open-source-productivity/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity Feedly Summary: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity METR – for Model Evaluation & Threat Research – are a non-profit research institute founded by Beth Barnes, a former alignment researcher at…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/grok-4-heavy/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt Feedly Summary: Grok 4 Heavy won’t reveal its system prompt Grok 4 Heavy is the “think much harder" version of Grok 4 that’s currenly only available on their $300/month plan. Jeremy Howard relays a report from a Grok 4…

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/technology/x-ai-grok-antisemitism.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Grok Chatbot Mirrored X Users’ ‘Extremist Views’ in Antisemitic Posts, xAI Says Feedly Summary: Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said its Grok chatbot had also undergone a code update that caused it to share antisemitic messages this week. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting @grok

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/grok/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting @grok Feedly Summary: On the morning of July 8, 2025, we observed undesired responses and immediately began investigating. To identify the specific language in the instructions causing the undesired behavior, we conducted multiple ablations and experiments to pinpoint the main culprits. We identified the operative lines…

Slashdot: AI Slows Down Some Experienced Software Developers, Study Finds

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/07/12/016247/ai-slows-down-some-experienced-software-developers-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Slows Down Some Experienced Software Developers, Study Finds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A recent study by METR reveals that using AI coding assistants like Cursor can actually slow down experienced developers when working in familiar codebases. While developers initially believed AI would expedite their…

The Register: If MCP is the USB-C of AI agents, A2A is their Ethernet

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/12/ai_agent_protocols_mcp_a2a/ Source: The Register Title: If MCP is the USB-C of AI agents, A2A is their Ethernet Feedly Summary: Tell me, Mr. Smith … what good is an agent if it’s unable to speak? We have protocols and standards for just about everything. It’s generally helpful when we can all agree on how…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Musk’s latest Grok chatbot searches for billionaire mogul’s views before answering questions

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/12/musks-latest-grok/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Musk’s latest Grok chatbot searches for billionaire mogul’s views before answering questions Feedly Summary: Musk’s latest Grok chatbot searches for billionaire mogul’s views before answering questions I got quoted a couple of times in this story about Grok searching for tweets from:elonmusk by Matt O’Brien for the…

Slashdot: AI Therapy Bots Fuel Delusions and Give Dangerous Advice, Stanford Study Finds

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/11/2314204/ai-therapy-bots-fuel-delusions-and-give-dangerous-advice-stanford-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Therapy Bots Fuel Delusions and Give Dangerous Advice, Stanford Study Finds Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a Stanford University study revealing concerning outcomes from AI interactions, particularly ChatGPT, with individuals experiencing mental health issues. While some interactions show discriminatory responses, others indicate…

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Google Hires Top A.I. Leaders From Windsurf, Which OpenAI Was Courting

Jul 12, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/technology/google-windsurf-openai.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Google Hires Top A.I. Leaders From Windsurf, Which OpenAI Was Courting Feedly Summary: Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf, which OpenAI had been in talks to buy, as the battle to dominate artificial intelligence escalates. AI Summary and Description: Yes…

The Register: AI coding tools make developers slower but they think they’re faster, study finds

Jul 11, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/ai_code_tools_slow_down/ Source: The Register Title: AI coding tools make developers slower but they think they’re faster, study finds Feedly Summary: Predicted a 24% boost, but clocked a 19% drag Artificial intelligence coding tools are supposed to make software development faster, but researchers who tested these tools in a randomized, controlled trial found the…

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