Tag: technology

Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/08/ibm_z17_update/ Source: The Register Title: IBM’s z17 mainframe – now with 7.5x more AI performance Feedly Summary: Who wouldn’t want predictive business insights in a week like this? (We jest, it can’t solve for Trump tariffs) IBM’s latest mainframe builds on the platform’s traditional attributes of security and reliability for mission-critical workloads, adding…

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Why a Plane-Size Machine Could Foil a Race to Build Gas Power Plants

Apr 8, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/business/energy-environment/gas-turbines-power-plants.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Why a Plane-Size Machine Could Foil a Race to Build Gas Power Plants Feedly Summary: Wait times for the hulking turbines needed to turn natural gas into electricity have doubled in the past year as companies scramble to build data centers for A.I. AI…

AWS News Blog: Amazon Nova Reel 1.1: Featuring up to 2-minutes multi-shot videos

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Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-nova-reel-1-1-featuring-up-to-2-minutes-multi-shot-videos/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Amazon Nova Reel 1.1: Featuring up to 2-minutes multi-shot videos Feedly Summary: Amazon Nova Reel 1.1 enables the generation of multi-shot videos up to 2-minutes in length and style consistency across shots, and quality and latency improvements over Amazon Nova Reel 1.0. AI Summary and Description: Yes…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Long context support in LLM 0.24 using fragments and template plugins

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/7/long-context-llm/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Long context support in LLM 0.24 using fragments and template plugins Feedly Summary: LLM 0.24 is now available with new features to help take advantage of the increasingly long input context supported by modern LLMs. (LLM is my command-line tool and Python library for interacting with LLMs,…

AlgorithmWatch: “Risks come not just from technology” – Input to the EU on systemic risks stemming

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Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/input-eu-systemic-risks-stemming/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: “Risks come not just from technology” – Input to the EU on systemic risks stemming Feedly Summary: AlgorithmWatch has submitted expert input to the EU on systemic risks stemming from online platforms and search engines. We argued risks come not just from technology, but also (1) the attitudes of…

Slashdot: Microsoft AI Chief Sees Advantage in Building Models ‘3 or 6 Months Behind’

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Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/07/1354220/microsoft-ai-chief-sees-advantage-in-building-models-3-or-6-months-behind?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft AI Chief Sees Advantage in Building Models ‘3 or 6 Months Behind’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, explains the company’s strategic decision to develop AI models slightly behind the cutting edge for cost savings and focused implementation. This approach suggests…

The Register: Chrome to patch decades-old flaw that let sites peek at your history

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/07/chrome_135_history_sniffing/ Source: The Register Title: Chrome to patch decades-old flaw that let sites peek at your history Feedly Summary: After 23 years, the privacy plumber has finally arrived to clean up this mess A 23-year-old side-channel attack for spying on people’s web browsing histories will get shut down in the forthcoming Chrome 136,…

Wired: The AI Race Has Gotten Crowded—and China Is Closing In on the US

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Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/stanford-study-global-artificial-intelligence-index/ Source: Wired Title: The AI Race Has Gotten Crowded—and China Is Closing In on the US Feedly Summary: New research from Stanford suggests artificial intelligence isn’t ruled by just OpenAI and Google, as competition increases across the US, China, and France. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights new research…

The Cloudflare Blog: Meta’s Llama 4 is now available on Workers AI

Apr 6, 2025

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