Mind blown a little: Google's latest AI, Gemini Flash, has a feature to deliberately make it think *less* deeply on demand, slashing computing costs significantly. Sometimes 'good enough' is the smarter (and cheaper) move for AI tasks! #AI #TechNews
https://venturebeat.com/ai/googles-gemini-2-5-flash-introduces-thinking-budgets-that-cut-ai-costs-by-600-when-turned-down/
[#TRADESHOW] #VISION & #IMAGE #SHANGHAI 2025, the premier #visual #imaging and #technology #exhibition in #Asia, will take place from July 17 to 19, 2025, at the Shanghai New #International #Expo #Center (#SNIEC), #China. The #event has #evolved into a comprehensive #platform that #integrates #photography, #video technology, #AI #software, imaging culture, and visual #applications. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/vision-image-shanghai-2025/
May be a good way to induce the AI/LLM to self-DoS.
@kristiedegaris Shower and video streaming are existing, somewhat appropriate technologies with a function, while #AI is emerging as a red pill pretending to solve problems which already have appropriate solutions (e.g. search and indexing), with an overhead of obscene, gratuitous, _additional_ waste of resources.
People don't want to see it replace appropriate solutions, so no shit they get triggered by whataboutism. This happened in the past, but this time it's happening in front of our eyes.
Anthropic recently updated their Claude AI model with two powerful features:
Research capability, enabling multi-step searches that provide in-depth, cited responses
Google Workspace integration, allowing Claude to access emails, meetings, and documents.
This is a great way to leverage AI as a team member — let Claude do the busy-work, so that people do what only humans can. 
ICYMI: Microsoft adds Copilot to Clarity analytics https://ppc.land/microsoft-adds-copilot-to-clarity-analytics/ #Microsoft #Copilot #ClarityAnalytics #AI #Marketing
https://www.europesays.com/uk/39129/ Annoyed ChatGPT users complain about bot’s relentlessly positive tone #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom
AI assisted search-based research actually works now https://bit.ly/4jleebn #AI #search #reasoning
OpenAI o3 and o4-mini System Card https://bit.ly/3RtWM8b #AI #hallucination (interesting point from Simon Willison)
Stumbled across an article describing the ‘ADALINE’ #perceptron emulator, an analogue circuit, made entirely by a resistor and potentiometer network.
Being from the early 60’s, there’s not much information to be found these days on the device, but I managed to build it pretty much the way it was - at least I think so 
It’s quite fun to train and test with different patterns - units like these are the vintage foundation of modern neural networks, AI and language models.
CDT’s Miranda Bogen in Washington Post on how disinformation can impact #AI chatbots. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/17/llm-poisoning-grooming-chatbots-russia/
Very happy to see the large number of posts saying JD Vance killed the pope.
We will see if AI LLMs will produce a biography of Pope Francis with this ending.
Which would actually be a pretty decent fit in the overall history of the papacy over two millennia.
ICYMI: Meta to use public posts to train AI models, users can opt out https://ppc.land/meta-to-use-public-posts-to-train-ai-models-users-can-opt-out/ #Meta #AI #Privacy #DataPrivacy #SocialMedia
ICYMI: Meta to use public posts to train AI models, users can opt out: Meta announced plans to harvest public user content for AI training, raising privacy concerns. https://ppc.land/meta-to-use-public-posts-to-train-ai-models-users-can-opt-out/ #Meta #AI #Privacy #DataPrivacy #SocialMedia
Okay, this is pretty cool: you know those viral AI-generated action figures people are sharing? You can actually take that 2D image and use *another* AI tool to create a 3D model you can physically print! 
From screen to shelf. #AI #3DPrinting
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/how-to-make-and-3d-print-your-ai-action-figure/
Congress warns that China's DeepSeek poses a "profound threat," fueled by illegal chip acquisitions and stolen AI model architecture, linking it to espionage and surveillance efforts. #China #Espionage #AI https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/synzaqmklg
Windows 11 Semantic Search, also called Windows 11 Intelligent Search, is a smarter way to find files, photos, and settings using everyday phrases. Read how it works https://www.windowscult.com/windows-semantic-search/
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #computer #Windows11 #Windows #Microsoft #news #technology
These have never been smart speakers, only stealth microphones
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