Tag: systems

  • The Register: AI industry’s size obsession is killing ROI, engineer argues

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/ai_size_obsession/ Source: The Register Title: AI industry’s size obsession is killing ROI, engineer argues Feedly Summary: Huge models are error-prone and expensive Enterprise CIOs have been mesmerized by GenAI claims of autonomous agents and systems that can figure anything out. But the complexity that such large models deliver is also fueling errors, hallucinations,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Introducing OSS Rebuild: Open Source, Rebuilt to Last

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/23/oss-rebuild/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Introducing OSS Rebuild: Open Source, Rebuilt to Last Feedly Summary: Introducing OSS Rebuild: Open Source, Rebuilt to Last Major news on the Reproducible Builds front: the Google Security team have announced OSS Rebuild, their project to provide build attestations for open source packages released through the NPM,…

  • Slashdot: US Nuclear Weapons Agency ‘Among 400 Organizations Breached By Chinese Hackers’

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/1652240/us-nuclear-weapons-agency-among-400-organizations-breached-by-chinese-hackers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Nuclear Weapons Agency ‘Among 400 Organizations Breached By Chinese Hackers’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: A cyber-espionage campaign targeting unpatched Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities has compromised around 400 organizations globally, including significant US government agencies. This underscores the critical need for robust patch management and security…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting ICML 2025

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/23/icml-2025/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting ICML 2025 Feedly Summary: Submitting a paper with a “hidden" prompt is scientific misconduct if that prompt is intended to obtain a favorable review from an LLM. The inclusion of such a prompt is an attempt to subvert the peer-review process. Although ICML 2025 reviewers are…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI CEO Tells Federal Reserve Confab That Entire Job Categories Will Disappear Due To AI

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/0317227/openai-ceo-tells-federal-reserve-confab-that-entire-job-categories-will-disappear-due-to-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI CEO Tells Federal Reserve Confab That Entire Job Categories Will Disappear Due To AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text recounts comments made by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who predicts significant job loss due to AI advancements, particularly in customer support and healthcare. He…

  • Slashdot: Humans Can Be Tracked With Unique ‘Fingerprint’ Based On How Their Bodies Block Wi-Fi Signals

    Source URL: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/2112203/humans-can-be-tracked-with-unique-fingerprint-based-on-how-their-bodies-block-wi-fi-signals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Humans Can Be Tracked With Unique ‘Fingerprint’ Based On How Their Bodies Block Wi-Fi Signals Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers from La Sapienza University in Rome have developed “WhoFi,” a novel system that leverages the distortion of Wi-Fi signals caused by human bodies to identify…

  • Slashdot: Nvidia’s CUDA Platform Now Support RISC-V

    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/2042234/nvidias-cuda-platform-now-support-risc-v?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Nvidia’s CUDA Platform Now Support RISC-V Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Nvidia’s announcement at the 2025 RISC-V Summit about CUDA compatibility with the RISC-V instruction set architecture signifies a pivotal shift in leveraging open processors within AI-related applications. This move enables RISC-V CPUs to play a…