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  • Hacker News: SOTA on swebench-verified: relearning the bitter lesson

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    Source URL: https://aide.dev/blog/sota-bitter-lesson Source: Hacker News Title: SOTA on swebench-verified: relearning the bitter lesson Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses advancements in AI, particularly around leveraging large language models (LLMs) for software engineering challenges through novel approaches such as test-time inference scaling. It emphasizes the key insight that scaling…

  • The Register: Mitel 0-day, 5-year-old Oracle RCE bugs under active exploit

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/08/mitel_0_day_oracle_rce_under_exploit/ Source: The Register Title: Mitel 0-day, 5-year-old Oracle RCE bugs under active exploit Feedly Summary: 3 CVEs added to CISA’s catalog Cybercriminals are actively exploiting two vulnerabilities in Mitel MiCollab, including a zero-day flaw, alongside a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server that has been exploited for at least…

  • Hacker News: White House unveils Cyber Trust Mark program for consumer devices

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    Source URL: https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/01/white-house-unveils-cyber-trust-mark-program-consumer-devices/401991/ Source: Hacker News Title: White House unveils Cyber Trust Mark program for consumer devices Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The White House has launched a Cyber Trust Mark labeling scheme for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, aimed at assuring consumers that certified products meet government-vetted cybersecurity standards. This…

  • Wired: Your Next AI Wearable Will Listen to Everything All the Time

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/bee-ai-omi-always-listening-ai-wearables/ Source: Wired Title: Your Next AI Wearable Will Listen to Everything All the Time Feedly Summary: The latest crop of AI-enabled wearables like Bee AI and Omi listen to your conversations to help organize your life. They are also normalizing embedded microphones that are always on. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: microsoft/phi-4

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/8/phi-4/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: microsoft/phi-4 Feedly Summary: microsoft/phi-4 Here’s the official release of Microsoft’s Phi-4 LLM, now officially under an MIT license. A few weeks ago I covered the earlier unofficial versions, where I talked about how the model used synthetic training data in some really interesting ways. It benchmarks favorably…

  • The Register: Amazon splashes $11B on AI datacenters in Georgia

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/08/amazons_latest_investment_is_11b/ Source: The Register Title: Amazon splashes $11B on AI datacenters in Georgia Feedly Summary: The Peach State is already home to more than 50 bit barns Amazon’s datacenter footprint in the US state of Georgia is set to swell, with an $11 billion investment proposed.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s…

  • Cloud Blog: Distributed data preprocessing with GKE and Ray: Scaling for the enterprise

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/preprocessing-large-datasets-with-ray-and-gke/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Distributed data preprocessing with GKE and Ray: Scaling for the enterprise Feedly Summary: The exponential growth of machine learning models brings with it ever-increasing datasets. This data deluge creates a significant bottleneck in the Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) lifecycle, as traditional data preprocessing methods struggle to scale. The…

  • Wired: AI Social Media Users Are Not Always a Totally Dumb Idea

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-social-media-users-are-not-always-a-totally-dumb-idea/ Source: Wired Title: AI Social Media Users Are Not Always a Totally Dumb Idea Feedly Summary: Meta’s AI characters users might seem useless, but fake social media users can sometimes offer valuable insights into real human behavior. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Meta’s plan to introduce a significant number of artificial…

  • OpenAI : Deliberative alignment: reasoning enables safer language models

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/deliberative-alignment Source: OpenAI Title: Deliberative alignment: reasoning enables safer language models Feedly Summary: Deliberative alignment: reasoning enables safer language models Introducing our new alignment strategy for o1 models, which are directly taught safety specifications and how to reason over them. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new alignment strategy…

  • The Register: DNA sequencers found running ancient BIOS, posing risk to clinical research

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/08/dna_sequencer_vulnerabilities/ Source: The Register Title: DNA sequencers found running ancient BIOS, posing risk to clinical research Feedly Summary: Devices on six-year-old firmware vulnerable to takeover and destruction Argentine cybersecurity shop Eclypsium claims security issues affecting leading DNA sequencing devices could lead to disruptions in crucial clinical research.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…