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  • Hacker News: Spark-TTS: Text-2-Speech Model Single-Stream Decoupled Tokens [pdf]

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    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01710 Source: Hacker News Title: Spark-TTS: Text-2-Speech Model Single-Stream Decoupled Tokens [pdf] Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Spark-TTS, an innovative LLM-based text-to-speech model that contributes to advancements in zero-shot TTS synthesis. Its efficient design allows for customizable voice generation through a unique token representation and a…

  • 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: AI ‘wingmen’ bots to write profiles and flirt on dating apps

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    Source URL: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/08/ai-wingmen-bots-to-write-profiles-and-flirt-on-dating-apps Source: Hacker News Title: AI ‘wingmen’ bots to write profiles and flirt on dating apps Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The integration of AI on dating platforms poses significant ethical concerns regarding human authenticity, social skills, and mental health. Experts advocate for regulatory measures to ensure responsible AI…

  • 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,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: State-of-the-art text embedding via the Gemini API

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/7/gemini-embeddings/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: State-of-the-art text embedding via the Gemini API Feedly Summary: State-of-the-art text embedding via the Gemini API Gemini just released their new text embedding model, with the snappy name gemini-embedding-exp-03-07. It supports 8,000 input tokens – up from 3,000 – and outputs vectors that are a lot larger…

  • Hacker News: Broadcom has won. 70 percent of large VMware customers bought its biggest bundle

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/broadcom_q1_fy2025/ Source: Hacker News Title: Broadcom has won. 70 percent of large VMware customers bought its biggest bundle Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware has led to impressive financial results, with a significant increase in revenue attributed to the bundling of VMware products into its Cloud…

  • The Register: Axiom Space and Red Hat to take edge computing into orbit

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/axiom_space_and_red_hat/ Source: The Register Title: Axiom Space and Red Hat to take edge computing into orbit Feedly Summary: To boldly go where HPE and Raspberry Pi have been for a while Axiom Space plans to send a shoebox-sized node running Red Hat Device Edge to the International Space Station (ISS).… AI Summary and…

  • Hacker News: Microsoft is plotting a future without OpenAI

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    Source URL: https://techstartups.com/2025/03/07/microsoft-is-plotting-a-future-without-openai/ Source: Hacker News Title: Microsoft is plotting a future without OpenAI Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Microsoft’s ambitions to reduce its reliance on OpenAI by developing in-house AI models under Mustafa Suleyman’s leadership. This shift aims to lower costs and regain control over AI technologies,…

  • Slashdot: US Likely To Ban Chinese App DeepSeek From Government Devices

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/07/1616237/us-likely-to-ban-chinese-app-deepseek-from-government-devices Source: Slashdot Title: US Likely To Ban Chinese App DeepSeek From Government Devices Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The White House is contemplating restrictions on the Chinese AI company DeepSeek, primarily over concerns about national security and user data privacy. Key measures may include banning its chatbot from government…