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  • Slashdot: ‘Coding is Dead’: University of Washington CS Program Rethinks Curriculum For the AI Era

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/07/11/1418225/coding-is-dead-university-of-washington-cs-program-rethinks-curriculum-for-the-ai-era?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ‘Coding is Dead’: University of Washington CS Program Rethinks Curriculum For the AI Era Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The University of Washington is shifting its computer science education model in response to AI advancements, particularly around the integration of AI tools like GPT. Students are…

  • AWS Open Source Blog: Open Protocols for Agent Interoperability Part 3: Strands Agents & MCP

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/open-protocols-for-agent-interoperability-part-3-strands-agents-mcp/ Source: AWS Open Source Blog Title: Open Protocols for Agent Interoperability Part 3: Strands Agents & MCP Feedly Summary: Developers are architecting and building systems of AI agents that work together to autonomously accomplish users’ tasks. In Part 1 of our blog series on Open Protocols for Agent Interoperability we covered how…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Pledges $4 Billion for AI Education Training Programs

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/09/176219/microsoft-pledges-4-billion-for-ai-education-training-programs Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Pledges $4 Billion for AI Education Training Programs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s recent commitment of over $4 billion aims to enhance AI education, promoting widespread access to AI training through its Microsoft Elevate Academy. This initiative is part of a larger movement involving…

  • Cloud Blog: London Summit: agentic AI leaders, training 100,000 civil servants, AI sovereignty, and more

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/inside-google-cloud/london-summit-2025-gen-ai-agents-transforming-business-civil-service/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: London Summit: agentic AI leaders, training 100,000 civil servants, AI sovereignty, and more Feedly Summary: There’s a buzz of excitement here at Tobacco Dock as we welcome our customers and partners to the Google Cloud Summit London. Together, we’re exploring the essential role Google Cloud is playing in…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Identify, solve, verify

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/4/identify-solve-verify/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Identify, solve, verify Feedly Summary: The more time I spend using LLMs for code, the less I worry for my career – even as their coding capabilities continue to improve. Using LLMs as part of my process helps me understand how much of my job isn’t just…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Adam Gordon Bell

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/3/adam-gordon-bell/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Adam Gordon Bell Feedly Summary: I think that a lot of resistance to AI coding tools comes from the same place: fear of losing something that has defined you for so long. People are reacting against overblown hype, and there is overblown hype. I get that,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Sandboxed tools in a loop

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/3/sandboxed-tools-in-a-loop/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Sandboxed tools in a loop Feedly Summary: Something I’ve realized about LLM tool use is that it means that if you can reduce a problem to something that can be solved by an LLM in a sandbox using tools in a loop, you can brute force that…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Table saws

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/3/table-saws/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Table saws Feedly Summary: Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw. Tags: careers, ai-assisted-programming, generative-ai, ai, llms AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text draws an analogy…

  • Slashdot: Hacker With ‘Political Agenda’ Stole Data From Columbia, University Says

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/03/0012219/hacker-with-political-agenda-stole-data-from-columbia-university-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Hacker With ‘Political Agenda’ Stole Data From Columbia, University Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The breach of Columbia University’s IT systems by a politically motivated hacker highlights significant vulnerabilities in higher education cybersecurity. This incident exposes highly sensitive data, including Social Security numbers and admissions…

  • Cloud Blog: A guide to converting ADK agents with MCP to the A2A framework

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/unlock-ai-agent-collaboration-convert-adk-agents-for-a2a/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: A guide to converting ADK agents with MCP to the A2A framework Feedly Summary: The evolution of AI agents has led to powerful, specialized models capable of complex tasks. The Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) – a toolkit designed to simplify the construction and management of language model-based…