Tag: tech

  • Hacker News: PQConnect – Automated Post-Quantum End-to-End Tunnels from DJB, Lange, ohters.

    Source URL: https://www.pqconnect.net/ Source: Hacker News Title: PQConnect – Automated Post-Quantum End-to-End Tunnels from DJB, Lange, ohters. Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: PQConnect introduces a new layer of Internet security specifically designed to counter quantum threats by automatically applying post-quantum cryptography. This solution offers both system administrators and end users an…

  • Hacker News: Does current AI represent a dead end?

    Source URL: https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/does-current-ai-represent-a-dead-end/ Source: Hacker News Title: Does current AI represent a dead end? Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text underscores the challenges and unmanageability of current AI systems, particularly those based on large neural networks like LLMs and generative AI. It highlights the ethical implications of data usage and…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI Plans Corporate Overhaul To Draw More Investment

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/12/27/1321234/openai-plans-corporate-overhaul-to-draw-more-investment Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI Plans Corporate Overhaul To Draw More Investment Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s transformation into a Delaware public benefit corporation marks a significant shift in its corporate model, aimed at facilitating greater fundraising potential to enhance AI development. This restructuring is particularly relevant in the…

  • Hacker News: Harper (YC W25) Is Hiring Founding Engineer #2

    Source URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/harper/jobs/y8KjuRZ-founding-ai-engineer Source: Hacker News Title: Harper (YC W25) Is Hiring Founding Engineer #2 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses a revolutionary insurance brokerage project driven by AI, emphasizing the need for engineers skilled in developing complex AI systems. The focus is on automating intricate workflows and decision-making…

  • Wired: Revisiting the 3 Biggest Hardware Flops of 2024: Apple Vision Pro, Rabbit R1, Humane Ai Pin

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/revisiting-the-three-biggest-flops-of-2024/ Source: Wired Title: Revisiting the 3 Biggest Hardware Flops of 2024: Apple Vision Pro, Rabbit R1, Humane Ai Pin Feedly Summary: The hyped-up Rabbit R1, Humane Ai Pin, and Apple Vision Pro have continued receiving updates since their lackluster launches. How are things progressing? I tried them again to find out. AI…

  • Slashdot: Chinese Firm Trains Massive AI Model for Just $5.5 Million

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/24/12/27/0420235/chinese-firm-trains-massive-ai-model-for-just-55-million Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese Firm Trains Massive AI Model for Just $5.5 Million Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The release of DeepSeek V3, a powerful open-source language model developed by a Chinese AI startup, signifies a noteworthy achievement in AI research. This model is trained with significantly lower computational…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Open WebUI

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/27/open-webui/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Open WebUI Feedly Summary: Open WebUI I tried out this open source (MIT licensed, JavaScript and Python) localhost UI for accessing LLMs today for the first time. It’s very nicely done. I ran it with uvx like this: uvx –python 3.11 open-webui serve On first launch it…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: DeepSeek_V3.pdf

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/26/deepseek-v3/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: DeepSeek_V3.pdf Feedly Summary: DeepSeek_V3.pdf The DeepSeek v3 paper (and model card) are out, after yesterday’s mysterious release of the undocumented model weights. Plenty of interesting details in here. The model pre-trained on 14.8 trillion “high-quality and diverse tokens" (not otherwise documented). Following this, we conduct post-training, including…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting EU Artificial Intelligence Act

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/26/eu-artificial-intelligence-act/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting EU Artificial Intelligence Act Feedly Summary: Providers and deployers of AI systems shall take measures to ensure, to their best extent, a sufficient level of AI literacy of their staff and other persons dealing with the operation and use of AI systems on their behalf, taking…