Microsoft lets devs tell Copilot to STFU in Visual Studio Summary Microsoft’s August 2025 update for Visual Studio 2022 (version 17.14.13) gives developers tighter control over Copilot to reduce distractions…
Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links Summary Firefox 142 introduces link previews that can show AI-generated summaries processed on-device, a phased rollout of region-restricted new-tab…
AI giants call for energy grid kumbaya Summary Researchers from Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI (nearly 60 authors) warn that synchronous AI training produces large, regular swings in power demand —…
New Yorkers will soon be able to yell ‘I’m walkin here!’ to Waymo robotaxis Summary Waymo is returning to New York City for a limited test run after a four-year…
Summary Google published a report claiming its Gemini apps use just 0.24 watt‑hours of electricity and 0.26 millilitres (ml) of water per median‑length text prompt — far lower than previous…
Content summary Researchers at Scale AI identify a problem they call “Search-Time Data Contamination” (STC): search-capable AI agents can directly fetch benchmark questions and ground-truth answers from the web during…
Tinker with LLMs in the privacy of your own home using Llama.cpp Summary This hands-on guide explains how to run large language models (LLMs) locally using the open-source Llama.cpp tool.…
James Cameron says he is finding it difficult to write Terminator 7 because rapid real-world developments — especially around AI, drones and existential risks — keep overtaking speculative plotlines. In…
Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and Tools Summary Nvidia has published Granary, a large open-source multilingual audio corpus and accompanying tools aimed at improving speech recognition and…
YouTube’s Sneaky AI ‘Experiment’: Is Social Media Embracing AI-Generated Content? Summary Some YouTube creators noticed their uploaded videos appearing subtly altered. YouTube confirmed it’s running an experiment on select Shorts…
