Tag: tech

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Anthropic: A postmortem of three recent issues

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/17/anthropic-postmortem/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Anthropic: A postmortem of three recent issues Feedly Summary: Anthropic: A postmortem of three recent issues Anthropic had a very bad month in terms of model reliability: Between August and early September, three infrastructure bugs intermittently degraded Claude’s response quality. We’ve now resolved these issues and want…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: ICPC medals for OpenAI and Gemini

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/17/icpc/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: ICPC medals for OpenAI and Gemini Feedly Summary: In July it was the International Math Olympiad (OpenAI, Gemini), today it’s the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). Once again, both OpenAI and Gemini competed with models that achieved Gold medal performance. OpenAI’s Mostafa Rohaninejad: We received the problems…

  • The Register: Scale AI says ‘tanks a lot’ to Pentagon for data-classifying deal

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/dod_scale_ai_deal/ Source: The Register Title: Scale AI says ‘tanks a lot’ to Pentagon for data-classifying deal Feedly Summary: First up: $41M to use human annotators to label all that unstructured military data. What could go wrong? Data curation firm Scale AI has partnered with the Pentagon to deploy its AI on Top Secret…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft Favors Anthropic Over OpenAI For Visual Studio Code

    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/1927233/microsoft-favors-anthropic-over-openai-for-visual-studio-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Favors Anthropic Over OpenAI For Visual Studio Code Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft is shifting its preference towards Anthropic’s Claude 4 over OpenAI’s GPT-5 for its Visual Studio Code auto model feature and GitHub Copilot. The company is also increasing investments in its own…

  • Slashdot: Gemini AI Solves Coding Problem That Stumped 139 Human Teams At ICPC World Finals

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/1923220/gemini-ai-solves-coding-problem-that-stumped-139-human-teams-at-icpc-world-finals?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Gemini AI Solves Coding Problem That Stumped 139 Human Teams At ICPC World Finals Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google’s generative AI model, Gemini 2.5, achieved a gold medal at the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), showcasing advancements towards artificial general intelligence. This performance highlights the…

  • Docker: How to Build Secure AI Coding Agents with Cerebras and Docker Compose

    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/cerebras-docker-compose-secure-ai-coding-agents/ Source: Docker Title: How to Build Secure AI Coding Agents with Cerebras and Docker Compose Feedly Summary: In the recent article, Building Isolated AI Code Environments with Cerebras and Docker Compose, our friends at Cerebras showcased how one can build a coding agent to use worlds fastest Cerebras’ AI inference API, Docker…

  • Gemini: Investing in America 2025

    Source URL: https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/investing-in-america-2025/ Source: Gemini Title: Investing in America 2025 Feedly Summary: Google’s deep investments in American technical infrastructure, R&D and the workforce will help the U.S. continue to lead the world in AI. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights Google’s substantial investments in American technical infrastructure and research and development, emphasizing…

  • Slashdot: Anthropic Denies Federal Agencies Use of Claude for Surveillance Tasks

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/145230/anthropic-denies-federal-agencies-use-of-claude-for-surveillance-tasks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Anthropic Denies Federal Agencies Use of Claude for Surveillance Tasks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Anthropic refuses federal contractors’ requests to utilize its Claude AI models for surveillance, reinforcing its commitment to ethical usage policies. This decision limits the deployment of its technology by agencies like…