Nobody needs AI to search the Internet, court says in ruling against Google
Google AI Overview court loss in Germany could spell doom for AI search industry.
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Google’s DiffusionGemma is 4x faster than its other Gemma models
About a year ago, Google demoed a diffusion model at its I/O developer conference, but went quiet about the technology The post Google’s DiffusionGemma is 4x faster than its other Gemma models appeared first on The New Stack .
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Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use
Article URL: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/29045 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479452 Points: 403 # Comments: 282
Fable 5: Guardrails and burn rate are annoying users, who say it’s still better than Opus 4.8
On Tuesday, Anthropic debuted Fable 5, the first — and much-anticipated — generally available Mythos-class model. Anthropic says it can work The post Fable 5: Guardrails and burn rate are annoying users, who say it’s still better than Opus 4.8 appeared first on The New Stack .
‘AI-pilled’ firms spend $7,500 per employee each month on AI
The most AI-obsessed firms are spending roughly $7,500 monthly per employee on AI, per Ramp AI Index. That's not more than an engineer's salary — yet.
You can just tell the Instagram algorithm what you want now
Instagram is going to let you tweak what its algorithm shows you on your main feed. With the Your Algorithm feature, "you can now see the topics we think you're interested in, and change them, across all the major parts of Instagram," according to Instagram boss Adam Mosseri. Right now, the feature will only surface […]
Cheap Iranian drone downed $25 million US Army helicopter—maybe by chance
The US military struck Iran again after an Iranian drone’s lucky midair strike.
The Anthropic leader who built Claude Code says he ditched prompting — now he just writes loops.
The fastest-moving conversation in AI developer tooling this week began with a job description. Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code The post The Anthropic leader who built Claude Code says he ditched prompting — now he just writes loops. appeared first on The New Stack .
Chrome Stable for iOS Update
Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Stable 149 (149.0.7827.137) for iOS; it'll become available on App Store in the next few hours. This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . Chrome Release Team Google Chrome
Amazon’s Echo speakers can now help kids wind down and fall asleep
Amazon has launched a new feature for its Echo and Echo Kids smart speakers called Sleep Studio that's designed to make the daily transition to bedtime more enticing for kids and less stressful for parents and caregivers. The feature uses a combination of bedtime stories, relaxing sounds, and guided meditations along with scheduling and customization […]
OB-GYNs release their own vaccine schedule, rejecting RFK Jr.'s meddling
Thirteen other medical groups have already endorsed the independent schedule.
Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns
Anthropic released Claude Fable, its first Mythos-class AI model, yesterday and it's already causing concerns inside Microsoft. Sources tell me that Microsoft is limiting the use of Claude Fable 5 for employees because of Anthropic's new data retention requirements. While Microsoft quickly rolled out Claude Fable 5 to its GitHub Copilot and Foundry customers, I'm […]
AWS can now mathematically prove your VMs are isolated
On Wednesday, AWS announced that its Graviton5 processor is now generally available and powers two new Amazon EC2 instances: M9g The post AWS can now mathematically prove your VMs are isolated appeared first on The New Stack .
Chrome Beta for Android Update
Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Beta 150 (150.0.7871.13) for Android. It's now available on Google Play . You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log . For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog , and for details on web platform updates, check here . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . Chrome Release Team Google Chrome
Microsoft pulled 73 GitHub repos after malware attack — but still won’t say who’s compromised
Last week, Microsoft shut down 73 of its own GitHub repositories following a malware attack that would steal developers’ credentials The post Microsoft pulled 73 GitHub repos after malware attack — but still won’t say who’s compromised appeared first on The New Stack .
Valve kills its retail gift card program due to scammers
Move also cuts off a massive market of legit users who buy cards with physical cash.
Google will save your Lens photos, Search Live recordings, and Translate audio for AI training
Google is making some changes to how it saves your interactions with Search. In an email sent to users, Google says it will save the images, files, audio, and video you use to search under a new "Search Services History" setting. That includes the images you search for with Google Lens, recordings from its real-time […]
Static Code Analysis and the Rules of Zero, Three, and Five
The Rule of Zero, Three, and Five, sometimes written 0/3/5, is a set of C++ guidelines about resource ownership and the special member functions. They exist because the alternatives are double-frees, dangling pointers, and silently broken copies. In this post we’ll work through the rules by tripping over each of those bugs in turn, then […]
How memory tools can make AI models worse
New research suggests that AI memory systems can degrade model performance and encourage sycophantic tendencies.
DiffusionGemma: 4x Faster Text Generation
Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/diffusion-gemma-faster-text-generation/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478471 Points: 287 # Comments: 72
China-Linked JDY Botnet Expands to 1,500+ Devices for Cyber Reconnaissance
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a "resurgence and expansion" of JDY, a covert network associated with China-nexus state-sponsored threat actors. "The JDY botnet comprises over 1,500 SOHO [small office and home office] and IoT devices and operates as a centrally controlled, high-performance scanner used to discover, fingerprint, and continuously map exposed services at scale," Lumen's
Andrew Yang on Noble Mobile, UBI, and why he’s done waiting for policy to catch up
Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like Universal Basic Income felt fringe. Now Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Bernie Sanders are all saying versions of the same thing. An entrepreneur at heart, […]
Chrome Dev for Android Update
Hi everyone! We've just released Chrome Dev 150 (150.0.7871.15) for Android. It's now available on Google Play . You can see a partial list of the changes in the Git log . For details on new features, check out the Chromium blog , and for details on web platform updates, check here . If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug . Chrome Release Team Google Chrome