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  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Load Llama-3.2 WebGPU in your browser from a local folder

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/8/webgpu-local-folder/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Load Llama-3.2 WebGPU in your browser from a local folder Feedly Summary: Load Llama-3.2 WebGPU in your browser from a local folder Inspired by a comment on Hacker News I decided to see if it was possible to modify the transformers.js-examples/tree/main/llama-3.2-webgpu Llama 3.2 chat demo (online here,…

  • Slashdot: Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/08/1824254/signal-rolls-out-encrypted-cloud-backups-debuts-first-subscription-plan-at-199month?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Signal’s introduction of end-to-end encrypted cloud backups is a significant advancement for user privacy and data security. This feature not only allows individuals to recover lost message histories but…

  • Cloud Blog: BigQuery under the hood: The power of the Column Metadata index aka CMETA

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/understanding-the-bigquery–column-metadata-cmeta-index/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: BigQuery under the hood: The power of the Column Metadata index aka CMETA Feedly Summary: While petabyte-scale data warehouses are becoming more common, getting the performance you need without escalating costs and effort remain key challenges, even in a modern cloud data warehouse. While many data warehouse platform…

  • Slashdot: Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features

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    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/08/0235251/some-angry-github-users-are-rebelling-against-githubs-forced-copilot-ai-features?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the growing dissent among software developers regarding Microsoft’s Copilot AI service integrated with GitHub. Key concerns revolve around the inability to disable Copilot’s functionalities and its…

  • Slashdot: Microsoft’s Cloud Services Disrupted by Red Sea Cable Cuts

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/07/2149212/microsofts-cloud-services-disrupted-by-red-sea-cable-cuts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft’s Cloud Services Disrupted by Red Sea Cable Cuts Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights the recent disruption of Microsoft’s Azure cloud services due to undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, impacting internet traffic in the Middle East and parts of Asia. This…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Is the LLM response wrong, or have you just failed to iterate it?

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/7/is-the-llm-response-wrong-or-have-you-just-failed-to-iterate-it/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Is the LLM response wrong, or have you just failed to iterate it? Feedly Summary: Is the LLM response wrong, or have you just failed to iterate it? More from Mike Caulfield (see also the SIFT method). He starts with a fantastic example of Google’s AI mode…

  • The Register: Snake eating tail: Google’s AI Overviews cites web pages written by AI, study says

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/07/googles_ai_cites_written_by_ai/ Source: The Register Title: Snake eating tail: Google’s AI Overviews cites web pages written by AI, study says Feedly Summary: Researchers also found that more than half of citations didn’t rank in top 100 for term Welcome to the age of ouroboros. Google’s AI Overviews (AIOs), which now often appear at the…