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  • Wired: Amazon Rebuilt Alexa Using a ‘Staggering’ Amount of AI Tools

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-daniel-rausch-alexa-plus/ Source: Wired Title: Amazon Rebuilt Alexa Using a ‘Staggering’ Amount of AI Tools Feedly Summary: From writing code to testing the new Alexa+, Amazon engineers used generative AI throughout the build process. We talk to Amazon’s Daniel Rausch about the next version of the voice assistant. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Slashdot: How Do Olympiad Medalists Judge LLMs in Competitive Programming?

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/17/149238/how-do-olympiad-medalists-judge-llms-in-competitive-programming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: How Do Olympiad Medalists Judge LLMs in Competitive Programming? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a newly established benchmark demonstrating that large language models (LLMs) are not yet capable of outperforming elite human coders, particularly in problem-solving contexts. The findings indicate limitations in the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Andrew Ng

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/13/andrew-ng/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Andrew Ng Feedly Summary: There’s a new breed of GenAI Application Engineers who can build more-powerful applications faster than was possible before, thanks to generative AI. Individuals who can play this role are highly sought-after by businesses, but the job description is still coming into focus.…

  • The Register: Apple fixes zero-click exploit underpinning Paragon spyware attacks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/13/apple_fixes_zeroclick_exploit_underpinning/ Source: The Register Title: Apple fixes zero-click exploit underpinning Paragon spyware attacks Feedly Summary: Zero-day potentially tied to around 100 suspected infections in 2025 and a spyware scandal on the continent Apple has updated its iOS/iPadOS 18.3.1 documentation, confirming it introduced fixes for the zero-click vulnerability used to infect journalists with Paragon’s…

  • Cisco Talos Blog: Know thyself, know thy environment

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    Source URL: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/know-thyself-know-thy-environment/ Source: Cisco Talos Blog Title: Know thyself, know thy environment Feedly Summary: In this week’s edition, Bill explores the importance of self-awareness and building repeatable processes to better secure your environment. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The content addresses important security vulnerabilities discovered in popular software, highlights the ongoing need for…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Agentic Coding Recommendations

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/12/agentic-coding-recommendations/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Agentic Coding Recommendations Feedly Summary: Agentic Coding Recommendations There’s a ton of actionable advice on using Claude Code in this new piece from Armin Ronacher. He’s getting excellent results from Go, especially having invested a bunch of work in making the various tools (linters, tests, development servers…

  • The Register: AI coding tools are like that helpful but untrustworthy friend, devs say

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/12/devs_mostly_welcome_ai_coding/ Source: The Register Title: AI coding tools are like that helpful but untrustworthy friend, devs say Feedly Summary: A survey from AI biz Qodo finds robo-coding productivity gains are unevenly distributed Exclusive Software developers largely appreciate the productivity improvements they get from AI coding tools, but they don’t entirely trust their output,…

  • The Register: DeepSeek installer or just malware in disguise? Click around and find out

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/deepseek_installer_or_infostealing_malware/ Source: The Register Title: DeepSeek installer or just malware in disguise? Click around and find out Feedly Summary: ‘BrowserVenom’ is pure poison Suspected cybercriminals have created a fake installer for Chinese AI model DeepSeek-R1 and loaded it with previously unknown malware called “BrowserVenom".… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses…

  • The Register: Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/11/canva_coding_assistant_job_interviews/ Source: The Register Title: Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews Feedly Summary: Design software slinger warns it won’t hire devs who aren’t good at modern tools Australian SaaS-y graphic design service Canva now requires candidates for developer jobs to use AI coding assistants during the interview process.… AI…