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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Models can prompt now

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/14/models-can-prompt/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Models can prompt now Feedly Summary: Here’s an interesting example of models incrementally improving over time: I am finding that today’s leading models are competent at writing prompts for themselves and each other. A year ago I was quite skeptical of the pattern where models are used…

  • 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…

  • Slashdot: Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/29/217243/vivaldi-browser-doubles-down-on-gen-ai-ban Source: Slashdot Title: Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner emphasizes the company’s stance against integrating generative AI into its browser, arguing that such technologies can dehumanize the web, detract from content creators, and prioritize user data collection…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Piloting Claude for Chrome

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/26/piloting-claude-for-chrome/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Piloting Claude for Chrome Feedly Summary: Piloting Claude for Chrome Two days ago I said: I strongly expect that the entire concept of an agentic browser extension is fatally flawed and cannot be built safely. Today Anthropic announced their own take on this pattern, implemented as an…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Screaming in the Cloud: AI’s Security Crisis: Why Your Assistant Might Betray You

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/13/screaming-in-the-cloud/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Screaming in the Cloud: AI’s Security Crisis: Why Your Assistant Might Betray You Feedly Summary: Screaming in the Cloud: AI’s Security Crisis: Why Your Assistant Might Betray You I recorded this podcast conversation with Corey Quinn a few weeks ago: On this episode of Screaming in the…

  • Docker: Tooling ≠ Glue: Why changing AI workflows still feels like duct tape

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    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/why-changing-ai-workflows-still-feels-like-duct-tape/ Source: Docker Title: Tooling ≠ Glue: Why changing AI workflows still feels like duct tape Feedly Summary: There’s a weird contradiction in modern AI development. We have better tools than ever. We’re building smarter systems with cleaner abstractions. And yet, every time you try to swap out a component in your stack,…