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YouTube to begin automatically labeling AI videos
AI videos that are animated, unrealistic, or only have a little AI may still hide their origins, though.
Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200
Valve has significantly increased the price of the Steam Deck - but now, it's also in stock. The 512GB Steam Deck OLED now costs $789, up from $549, while the 1TB model costs $949, up from $649. As I write this, both models are available to buy on Steam with an estimated delivery date of three to five business days. The company says the price increase is because of "rising memory and storage costs." Nothing about the Steam Deck has changed, but "these new prices reflect the current state of comp
UK Cyberspying Chief Calls AI ‘an Unstoppable Force’ and Warns About Russia
The speech is the latest in a string of warnings from intelligence experts that Russia is stepping up hostile activity in a “gray zone” that falls just below the threshold of war. The post UK Cyberspying Chief Calls AI ‘an Unstoppable Force’ and Warns About Russia appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Iran's Internet is partially restored, Cloudflare Radar data shows
Cloudflare Radar data confirms early indications of a partial Internet restoration in Iran, nearly three months after the shutdown began. Traffic spikes and DNS queries have risen, but network activity is currently just 40% of pre-shutdown levels.
Gemini, Gophers, and Fingers. Oh My Alternative Internets Beyond HTTPS
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A Guide to AI Cold Starts on Cloud Run
I saw a developer asking on Reddit if there was any “sane way” to manage Cloud Run cold starts for AI across multiple regions. They were experiencing startup latencies of up to 20 seconds, a frustrating gap where the infrastructure is spinning up while the user waits for a response. The discussion was full of developers who had almost given up on serverless GPUs, with some even migrating back to GKE just to escape the latency. I decided it was time to dive deep into the Mechanics of AI Cold Star
ITBench-AA: Frontier Models Score Below 50% on the First Benchmark for Agentic Enterprise IT Tasks — by Artificial Analysis and IBM
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