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llama.cpp merges Gemma 4 graph optimizations, boosting prompt processing for E2B and E4BPR #31356 in the llama.cpp repo adds graph optimizations for the Gemma E2B and E4B models, delivering a large speedup in prompt processing. The change, by developer max-krasnyansky, drew attention on r/LocalLLaMA.
Ballistic Ventures seeks $490M for new fundsCybersecurity VC firm Ballistic Ventures, co-founded by Ted Schlein, is seeking $490M across two new funds—a $360M flagship and a $130M separate vehicle—to capitalize on AI-driven cybersecurity demand.
New Book Offers Mathematical Primer on Generative AI FoundationsTianhua Chen released the arXiv preprint "The Little Book of Generative AI Foundations," a derivation-oriented primer linking PCA, VAEs, diffusion models, normalizing flows, GANs and energy-based models. The 195-page revised version adds visual explanations and targets researchers, practitioners and students.
St. Louis County uses AI for budget cutsSt. Louis County Council approved a $273,000 yearlong contract for an AI budget tool to help close a $53M deficit; the tool has suggested cuts like reducing jail overtime.
Wedbush: Super Micro Outlook Strong, AI Spending Durability KeyWedbush's Bryson said Super Micro's latest results and guidance look strong, but the key uncertainty is whether AI spending will persist. He noted the company's significant exposure to neocloud customers, where investor concern is highest.
Particle 6 Discusses AI-Generated Actress and EntertainmentAt Bloomberg Tech 2026 in London, Particle 6 founder and CEO Eline Van der Velden discussed creating AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood, the debate over her debut, and what AI could mean for entertainment.
Irregular and Cohere Execs Discuss AI Safety and AccountabilityAt Bloomberg Tech 2026 in London, Irregular co-founder Dan Lahav and Cohere chief AI officer Joëlle Pineau discussed emerging risks from frontier models, credible guardrails and accountability.
AI advances may reduce Japan's foreign worker intakeAs AI advances and the labor market improves, Japan may not need to accept as many foreign workers under its Specified Skilled Worker program.
US Tech Giants' Hidden AI Debt Jumps 90% to $3.2T in Six MonthsNikkei reported that US tech giants' off-balance-sheet AI-related obligations nearly doubled in six months to about $3.2 trillion. Commitments at Google, Meta and others now equal roughly 80% of their assets, as investors grow alarmed by seemingly unending spending.
HN Discussion: AI Boom May Be Sowing Seeds of Another Financial CrisisA Hacker News discussion raises the view that the AI boom could be sowing the seeds of another financial crisis, though the provided text contains only the title and no detailed argument or data.
Runway Says Generative AI Moving Toward Interactive WorldsAt Bloomberg Tech 2026 in London, Runway co-founder and co-CEO Anastasis Germanidis said generative AI is moving beyond content creation toward interactive worlds people can see, shape and experience.
Solo founder launches detective game where players question lying LLM suspectsUncracked City is a detective game where players question LLM-powered suspects in real cities, with fictional crimes. It is free on Android, awaiting Apple review for iOS, available in six languages, and plans weekly cases, team-building modes and MCP-based custom scenarios.
CMS deploys AI tools to boost security and privacyThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is deploying AI-powered tools to help security staff detect and mitigate network threats, reduce noise and flag anomalies. The agency manages sensitive data for about 160 million Americans; acting deputy CISO Leslie Nettles also cited its bug bounty program.
AMD forecast exceeds estimates on strong AI chip demandAMD issued a revenue forecast that exceeded analysts' estimates, signaling sustained demand for data center processors as it challenges Nvidia in AI chips.
UK AI Minister on Competing in the Global AI RaceUK Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence Kanishka Narayan said at Bloomberg Tech 2026 in London that Britain aims to turn its AI research strengths into global companies, higher productivity and strategic advantage.
Athena completes $2.5M pre-seed fundingHybrid firm Athena has completed a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round; investors were not disclosed.
Revolut cuts AI coding costs 10x by dropping Claude for self-hostingBritish fintech Revolut slashed its AI coding costs by 10x by cutting out Claude and moving to a self-hosted solution.
Jeff Bezos hair transplant photos are fakePhotos circulating on social media showing Jeff Bezos and Jason Statham with full hair are edited or AI-generated fakes, highlighting the spread of AI-manipulated images.
Survey: AI and foldables fail to lift China phone marketA Bloomberg Intelligence survey finds Chinese consumers are delaying smartphone purchases due to a lack of compelling new technology, setting up further deterioration in the world's largest mobile market.
Ukraine drone strikes push Russia to move data centers undergroundUkrainian drone strikes hit data centers run by Yandex, Sberbank, VKontakte and Russia's Finance Ministry, disrupting cloud services for millions. Russian firms are hardening or hiding facilities, with Rostelecom discussing underground sites with Norilsk, while the Kremlin requires owners to reserve capacity for state emergencies.
Apple lets Siri AI act across third-party apps in iOS 27.3Apple's iOS 27.3 developer preview lets developers integrate Siri AI into all apps, enabling it to use personal context, parse natural-language prompts and act on on-screen awareness. A new "app skills" feature bundles multiple tasks into one action without the user naming the app.
Brazil's LGPD turns six as reported data breaches jump 222%Brazil's LGPD has been in force for six years; ANPD data show reported incidents rose 222% over five years, from 186 in 2021 to 599 through October this year. System vulnerability exploits led at 142 cases, followed by credential theft (107) and unauthorized access (89). ANPD's remit is expanding to include ECA Digital and a pending AI legal framework.
I Squared Capital Closes $3B Infrastructure Credit FundI Squared Capital closed its second infrastructure credit fund after raising $3 billion, founder Sadek Wahba said, signaling surging investor demand to finance power, data centers and other global buildout projects. He also flagged some AI 'overexuberance.'
NY State Bar Association: Don't Bill for AI-Saved TimeThe New York State Bar Association's AI committee issued a report barring lawyers from billing clients for time saved by AI or spent learning it. AI software costs count as overhead, passable only when tied to a specific client matter with the basis disclosed.
Study: LLM Research Findings Expire in 15.7 Months on AverageStanford researchers tested 50 widely cited LLM claims against 20 current models: 44% are already expired and another 34% significantly weakened, with an average lifespan of 15.7 months. Claims about what models cannot do expire fastest.
Protegrity releases open-weights 278M PII detection model and benchmarkProtegrity released an open-weights 278M PII detection model, a RoBERTa fine-tune trained on 1.2B synthetic PII-bearing samples, plus the PII-SCOPE benchmark; model and paper are public.
Grab Lifts Full-Year Forecasts, Sees Returns on AIGrab CFO Peter Oey says the company is seeing returns from its AI tools in the form of higher customer spending. The ride-hailing, delivery and financial services app raised its full-year revenue and profit forecasts.
Apple Guides 7%-10% Holiday Growth but Margins SqueezedApple forecast 7%-10% holiday revenue growth but warned gross margins would shrink due to higher memory costs and expenses tied to its new Siri AI assistant, weighing on the stock. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman discussed demand for the iPhone Duo and other phones.
AllianceBernstein's Yu Urges Investors to Diversify Beyond AIAllianceBernstein head of equities Nelson Yu says investors who rode this year's tech rally should diversify beyond the biggest tech stocks as growing doubts about the AI boom rattle markets.
User has Claude hand-edit Gemma neurons to tune Italian translationFollowing MIT CSAIL's weight-space programming approach, a user had Claude Opus 5.5 rewrite 8 MLP neurons in Gemma 4 12B without training—about 92k of 11.9B parameters—to choose the Italian imperfect tense only in appropriate contexts.
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