BREAKING : Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) is now available on Google AI Studio. – 1M context window
– Multimodal support
– Real-time stream support
– Jan 2025 knowledge cutoff
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Gemini 2.5 Pro available with 1M context
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Mac to PC Gaming: Switching Between M3 Ultra and RTX 5090
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I switch back and forth. Was a big Mac user for about 10-years until I got an RTX 4080 and built a PC around it. Now I'm running a 5090 but I've also got a Mac Studio with an M3 Ultra on order. I go Mac and then go back all the time!
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Perplexity for news impresses with its UI
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Perplexity for News will be amazing Love the new UI – much simpler to browse!
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Gemini 2.5 Pro thinking model theory questioned
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Got Gemini 2.5 Pro as well, and it disappeared afterwards. It may happen that, in this case, earlier reports on it being a Thinking model may not be true. This would mean that the response came from a different model and not 2.5 Pro.
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MASt3R and MASt3R-SfM: 3D Image Matching and Reconstruction
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🚀MASt3R and MASt3R-SfM Explanation and Results
— Satya Mallick (@LearnOpenCV) 25 mars 2025
MASt3R (Matching and Stereo 3D Reconstruction) approaches image matching as a 3D problem, leveraging dense correspondences and a deeper understanding of the 3D scene rather than relying on traditional 2D methods. This has led to a… pic.twitter.com/2tviz5UGTnMASt3R and MASt3R-SfM Explanation and Results MASt3R (Matching and Stereo 3D Reconstruction) approaches image matching as a 3D problem, leveraging dense correspondences and a deeper understanding of the 3D scene rather than relying on traditional 2D methods. This has led to a
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New AI model and upcoming Google transparency
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– New model launch (99% confidence): This points to a new model announcement—possibly Gemini 2.0 Pro Thinking (30% chance) or a new model that supports Scheduled Tasks (70% chance). – AI transparency notice (90% confidence): Details remain unclear, but it links to the Google
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Google rolls out Project Astra for Gemini on Android
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Google started rolling out Project Astra for Gemini to more Android users. This feature enables vision capabilities on Gemini Live. The rollout is expected to be slow and gradual as the current adoption rate is still very low.
— 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog (@testingcatalog) 25 mars 2025
Thanks to t@__andreshernandez for the recording 🔥 pic.twitter.com/3xJoH9gBufGoogle started rolling out Project Astra for Gemini to more Android users. This feature enables vision capabilities on Gemini Live. The rollout is expected to be slow and gradual as the current adoption rate is still very low. Thanks to t@__andreshernandez for the recording
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Signal Claims Gold Standard in Encrypted Private Communications
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I wouldn’t say that Will and I are battling but I do disagree. Because there are big differences between Signal and WhatsApp. Signal is the gold standard in private comms. We’re open source, nonprofit, and we develop and apply e2ee and privacy preserving tech across our system
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Holodeck Preferred Over Metaverse Due to Mark Zuckerberg’s Association
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Erreur.
— Stephane Mallard (@StephaneMallard) 25 mars 2025
Nous ne sommes pas des démocraties libérales.
Nous sommes des démocraties socio-communistes.
C'est d'ailleurs exactement pour cela que tout va mal.
Si nous étions des démocraties libérales, tout irait pour le mieux.
Le problème, c'est l'Etat. https://t.co/sI2c70zENTErreur.
Nous ne sommes pas des démocraties libérales.
Nous sommes des démocraties socio-communistes.
C'est d'ailleurs exactement pour cela que tout va mal.
Si nous étions des démocraties libérales, tout irait pour le mieux.
Le problème, c'est l'Etat. -
Separate Leaderboards to Prevent Task Training Contamination
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Congratulations on the release! A request: can you make sure to discourage training (in distribution) on the task, or at least separate the leaderboard into two? IMO this makes tasks like these lose a lot of their value.