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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Steve Yegge

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/9/steve-yegge/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Steve Yegge Feedly Summary: I’ve been using Claude Code for a couple of days, and it has been absolutely ruthless in chewing through legacy bugs in my gnarly old code base. It’s like a wood chipper fueled by dollars. It can power through shockingly impressive tasks,…

  • Hacker News: The ESP32 "backdoor" that wasn’t

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    Source URL: https://darkmentor.com/blog/esp32_non-backdoor/ Source: Hacker News Title: The ESP32 "backdoor" that wasn’t Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text addresses the misconception that the ESP32 Bluetooth chips contain a backdoor, clarifying that the vendor-specific HCI commands discovered are common in Bluetooth technology and do not inherently indicate malicious intent. It discusses…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: What’s new in the world of LLMs, for NICAR 2025

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/8/nicar-llms/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: What’s new in the world of LLMs, for NICAR 2025 Feedly Summary: I presented two sessions at the NICAR 2025 data journalism conference this year. The first was this one based on my review of LLMs in 2024, extended by several months to cover everything that’s happened…

  • Slashdot: Axiom Space and Red Hat Will Bring Edge Computing to the International Space Station

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    Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/03/08/205225/axiom-space-and-red-hat-will-bring-edge-computing-to-the-international-space-station?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Axiom Space and Red Hat Will Bring Edge Computing to the International Space Station Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Axiom Space and Red Hat are launching a prototype data center, AxDCU-1, to the ISS, aimed at leveraging edge computing for improved data processing capabilities in space.…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Politico: 5 Questions for Jack Clark

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/8/questions-for-jack-clark/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Politico: 5 Questions for Jack Clark Feedly Summary: Politico: 5 Questions for Jack Clark I tend to ignore statements with this much future-facing hype, especially when they come from AI labs who are both raising money and trying to influence US technical policy. Anthropic’s Jack Clark has…

  • Hacker News: Smaller but Better: Unifying Layout Generation with Smaller LLMs

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14005 Source: Hacker News Title: Smaller but Better: Unifying Layout Generation with Smaller LLMs Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The paper presents LGGPT, a large language model designed for unified layout generation, emphasizing its efficiency and performance even with a smaller size compared to larger models. It introduces novel…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Reportedly Develops LLM Series That Can Rival OpenAI, Anthropic Models

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/08/0018225/microsoft-reportedly-develops-llm-series-that-can-rival-openai-anthropic-models?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Reportedly Develops LLM Series That Can Rival OpenAI, Anthropic Models Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is working on a new series of large language models (LLMs) called MAI, which aims to compete with existing models from OpenAI and Anthropic. This development may leverage Microsoft’s…

  • Slashdot: Signal President Calls Out Agentic AI As Having ‘Profound’ Security and Privacy Issues

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/07/2310205/signal-president-calls-out-agentic-ai-as-having-profound-security-and-privacy-issues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Signal President Calls Out Agentic AI As Having ‘Profound’ Security and Privacy Issues Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, cautioned at SXSW about the serious privacy and security threats posed by agentic AI, which requires extensive access to personal user data and…

  • Hacker News: Superintelligence startup Reflection AI launches with $130M in funding

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    Source URL: https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/07/superintelligence-startup-reflection-ai-launches-130m-funding/ Source: Hacker News Title: Superintelligence startup Reflection AI launches with $130M in funding Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Reflection AI Inc., a new startup founded by former Google DeepMind researchers, aims to develop superintelligence through AI agents that can automate programming tasks. With $130 million in funding, the…

  • Wired: DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/gsai-chatbot-1500-federal-workers/ Source: Wired Title: DOGE Has Deployed Its GSAi Custom Chatbot for 1,500 Federal Workers Feedly Summary: Elon Musk’s DOGE team is automating tasks as it continues its purge of the federal workforce. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The deployment of GSAi, a proprietary AI chatbot by the Department of Government Efficiency,…