Google Releases Pint-Size Gemma Open AI Model
Google Releases Pint-Size Gemma Open AI Model Summary Google has released Gemma 3 270M, a compact open AI model (~270 million parameters) built to run on local devices. It trades…
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy
Impoverished Streaming Services Are Driving Viewers Back to Piracy Summary The Slashdot post links to a Guardian piece describing a renewed surge in piracy as streaming platforms fragment, raise prices,…
Dodgy Huawei Chips Nearly Sunk DeepSeek’s Next-Gen R2 Model
Dodgy Huawei Chips Nearly Sunk DeepSeek’s Next-Gen R2 Model Summary DeepSeek’s attempt to train its next-generation R2 model on Huawei’s Ascend accelerators was repeatedly unsuccessful and caused significant delays. Under…
Trump Administration Considers Stake In Intel
Trump Administration Considers Stake In Intel Summary Intel’s stock jumped about 7% after reports that the Trump administration is considering taking a stake in the chipmaker to support US-based semiconductor…
Plex Users Urged To Update Media Server After Security Flaw Exposed
Plex Users Urged To Update Media Server After Security Flaw Exposed Summary Plex has released a patched Media Server build after a security issue was discovered in recent versions. According…
Russian Hackers Seized Control of Norwegian Dam, Spy Chief Says
Russian Hackers Seized Control of Norwegian Dam, Spy Chief Says Summary Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) says Russian-linked hackers seized control of the Bremanger hydropower dam in April, opening a…
Why You Can’t Trust a Chatbot to Talk About Itself
Why You Can’t Trust a Chatbot to Talk About Itself Summary When AI assistants make mistakes, asking them “what happened” usually yields confident-sounding but unreliable answers. Large language models are…
xAI Was About to Land a Major Government Contract. Then Grok Praised Hitler
Summary Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal a hurried push by the General Services Administration (GSA) to onboard leading AI vendors for federal use. OpenAI, Anthropic and Google’s Gemini were…
A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation
A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation Summary SweetREX (SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder, or SweetREX DAIP) is an AI tool being developed by…
Inside the Biden Administration’s Gamble to Freeze China’s AI Future
Summary The article traces how the Biden administration moved from traditional export controls to an unprecedented, coordinated effort to deny China access to the most advanced AI training chips and…