Semantic image search using text embeddings against vision-LLM summaries of images sounds like it works really well
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140th LLM Release Covered on Technology Blog
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Just noticed this it the 140th LLM release I've written about in my blog!
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Kimi K-2.1: Moonshot’s Upgraded Open Weights Model
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My notes on Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905, aka Kimi K-2.1 – an incremental improvement on Moonshot's previous trillion parameter open weights model, now with twice the context length (256k up from 128k)
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OpenAI’s o1 Release Strategy: Why Holding Back Reasoning Models Mattered
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In retrospect it is surprising that OpenAI released o1-preview. As soon as they showed off reasoning, everyone copied it immediately. And if they had held off releasing a reasoning/planning model until o3 (& called that GPT-5) it would have been a startling leap in AI abilities.
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OpenAI’s Journey from Open Research to Closed Commercial AI
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> be openAI, circa 2017
> do lots of interesting research
> all open source > no one cares that much
> invent chatGPT in 2022
> get too busy to do open research
> everyone gets mad
> wheres the open research
> more like closedAI
> three years pass. now 2025
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Databricks Virtual Learning Festival: Master Data and AI Skills
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Join the Databricks Virtual Learning Festival — your chance to build skills in data engineering, data analysis, ML, and GenAI. Whether you’re just starting out or sharpening your expertise, invest in yourself alongside thousands of other data professionals. Complete at least
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Google Reduces Veo 3 Fast Cost by Over 50 Percent
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Google Google has reduced the cost of Veo 3 /-fast by more than 50%!
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Google Slashes Veo 3 Video Generation Prices by 50 Percent
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Google Veo 3 Price Cut!
Google just slashed prices by 50%+ Veo 3
With Audio: $0.75 → $0.40
No Audio: $0.50 → $0.20 Veo 3 Fast
With Audio: $0.40 → $0.15
No Audio: $0.25 → $0.10 And just days ago → Veo 3 Fast is now unlimited on the Google AI Ultra plan.
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AI Agents Reshape Marketing: Persuading Algorithms Over Humans
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Why AI Will Never Truly Understand Your Feelings (And Why That Matters) Customer behaviour is shifting—AI agents are making purchasing decisions. Brands must now persuade algorithms, not just people. It’s time to adapt marketing for the behind-the-scenes buyers. Read more
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Runway Aleph Edition winners and light mode web app launch
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