Tag: updates

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: More model releases on 31st July

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/31/more-models/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: More model releases on 31st July Feedly Summary: Here are a few more model releases from today, to round out a very busy July: Cohere released Command A Vision, their first multi-modal (image input) LLM. Like their others it’s open weights under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial, so…

  • The Register: Microsoft’s Azure AI Speech needs just seconds of audio to spit out a convincing deepfake

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/31/microsoft_updates_azure_ai_speech/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft’s Azure AI Speech needs just seconds of audio to spit out a convincing deepfake Feedly Summary: No way this will be abused Microsoft has upgraded Azure AI Speech so that users can rapidly generate a voice replica with just a few seconds of sampled speech.… AI Summary…

  • Cloud Blog: Google Cloud’s commitment to EU AI Act support

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/google-clouds-commitment-to-eu-ai-act-support/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google Cloud’s commitment to EU AI Act support Feedly Summary: Google Cloud is committed to being a trusted partner for customers who are navigating AI regulations in Europe. We have long understood that this requires a proactive and collaborative approach in order to ensure Europeans can access secure,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/30/qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-2507/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507 Feedly Summary: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507 Yesterday was Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507. Qwen are clearly committed to their new split between reasoning and non-reasoning models (a reversal from Qwen 3 in April), because today they released the new reasoning partner to yesterday’s model: Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507. I’m surprised at how poorly this reasoning mode…

  • Unit 42: 2025 Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report: Social Engineering Edition

    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/2025-unit-42-global-incident-response-report-social-engineering-edition/ Source: Unit 42 Title: 2025 Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report: Social Engineering Edition Feedly Summary: Social engineering thrives on trust and is now boosted by AI. Unit 42 incident response data explains why it’s surging. We detail eight critical countermeasures. The post 2025 Unit 42 Global Incident Response Report: Social Engineering…

  • Slashdot: Linux 6.16 Brings Faster File Systems, Improved Confidential Memory Support, and More Rust Support

    Source URL: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/07/29/2118206/linux-616-brings-faster-file-systems-improved-confidential-memory-support-and-more-rust-support?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Linux 6.16 Brings Faster File Systems, Improved Confidential Memory Support, and More Rust Support Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The article details significant updates in the Linux 6.16 kernel focusing on improvements relevant to security, performance, and hardware support, particularly through the integration of Rust programming…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/29/qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 Feedly Summary: Qwen/Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 New model update from Qwen, improving on their previous Qwen3-30B-A3B release from late April. In their tweet they said: Smarter, faster, and local deployment-friendly. ✨ Key Enhancements: ✅ Enhanced reasoning, coding, and math skills ✅ Broader multilingual knowledge ✅ Improved long-context understanding (up…

  • Docker: Accelerate modernization and cloud migration

    Source URL: https://www.docker.com/blog/accelerate-modernization-and-cloud-migration/ Source: Docker Title: Accelerate modernization and cloud migration Feedly Summary: In our recent report, we describe that many enterprises today face a stark reality: despite years of digital transformation efforts, the majority of enterprise workloads—up to 80%—still run on legacy systems. This lag in modernization not only increases operational costs and security…