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  • Slashdot: AI-generated Medical Data Can Sidestep Usual Ethics Review, Universities Say

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/12/1531258/ai-generated-medical-data-can-sidestep-usual-ethics-review-universities-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI-generated Medical Data Can Sidestep Usual Ethics Review, Universities Say Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses the use of synthetic data generated by AI in medical research without requiring ethics board approval, highlighting the implications for patient privacy and research efficiency. This practice raises…

  • Cloud Blog: Now GA: C4 VMs with Local SSD, bare metal, and larger shapes, on Intel Xeon 6

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/c4-vms-based-on-intel-6th-gen-xeon-granite-rapids-now-ga/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Now GA: C4 VMs with Local SSD, bare metal, and larger shapes, on Intel Xeon 6 Feedly Summary: We’re thrilled to announce a significant expansion of our C4 virtual machine series, with the general availability of 28 powerful new shapes. This expansion introduces C4 shapes with Google’s next-gen…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/22/qwen3-coder/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World Feedly Summary: Qwen3-Coder: Agentic Coding in the World It turns out that as I was typing up my notes on Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507 the Qwen team were unleashing something much bigger: Today, we’re announcing Qwen3-Coder, our most agentic code model to date. Qwen3-Coder…

  • The Register: Dell scoffs at breach, says miscreants only stole ‘fake data’

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/dell_scoffs_at_breach/ Source: The Register Title: Dell scoffs at breach, says miscreants only stole ‘fake data’ Feedly Summary: No customer, partner info stolen, spokesperson tells The Reg Dell has confirmed that criminals broke into its IT environment and stole some of its data — but told The Register that it’s “primarily synthetic (fake) data."… AI…

  • Slashdot: Salesforce Study Finds LLM Agents Flunk CRM and Confidentiality Tests

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/16/2054205/salesforce-study-finds-llm-agents-flunk-crm-and-confidentiality-tests Source: Slashdot Title: Salesforce Study Finds LLM Agents Flunk CRM and Confidentiality Tests Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A recent Salesforce study highlights significant limitations of LLM-based AI agents in real-world CRM tasks, achieving only 58% success on simple tasks and 35% on multi-step tasks. The findings indicate a…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Shisa V2 405B: Japan’s Highest Performing LLM

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/3/shisa-v2/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Shisa V2 405B: Japan’s Highest Performing LLM Feedly Summary: Shisa V2 405B: Japan’s Highest Performing LLM Leonard Lin and Adam Lensenmayer have been working on Shisa for a while. They describe their latest release as “Japan’s Highest Performing LLM". Shisa V2 405B is the highest-performing LLM ever…

  • Cloud Blog: The dawn of agentic AI in security operations

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/the-dawn-of-agentic-ai-in-security-operations-at-rsac-2025/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: The dawn of agentic AI in security operations Feedly Summary: The daily grind of sifting through endless alerts and repetitive tasks is burdening security teams. Too often, defenders struggle to keep up with evolving threats, but the rapid pace of AI advancement means it doesn’t have to be…

  • The Register: Apple: Since you care about yOuR pRiVaCy, we’ll train our AI on made-up emails

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/16/apple_ai_training_privacy/ Source: The Register Title: Apple: Since you care about yOuR pRiVaCy, we’ll train our AI on made-up emails Feedly Summary: It’s LLMs all the way down Apple, having starved its AI models of data by respecting customer privacy, plans to improve its chatbot suggestions by using made-up emails.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • Slashdot: Apple To Analyze User Data on Devices To Bolster AI Technology

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/04/15/0050203/apple-to-analyze-user-data-on-devices-to-bolster-ai-technology?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Apple To Analyze User Data on Devices To Bolster AI Technology Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple’s new initiative to analyze data on customers’ devices aims to enhance its AI platform while prioritizing user privacy. This novel approach seeks to improve the effectiveness of AI models…