Google says Gemini Deep Research can now directly draw on information stored in users' Gmail, Drive, and Chat to create reports (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/05/gemini-deep-research-google-drive-gmail/
This cannot lead to anything good.
Gemini Deep Research can tap into your Gmail and Google Drive
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/05/gemini-deep-research-google-drive-gmail/
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source.
According to a new study from a team of researchers in Europe, vibe coding is killing open-source software (OSS) and it’s happening faster than anyone predicted.
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Ethical Considerations Around Machine Learning-Engaged Online Participatory Research - poster from Zooniverse community at #FF2025 https://zenodo.org/records/17779992
"The study Vibe Coding Kills Open Source, takes an economic view of the problem and asks the question: is vibe coding economically sustainable? Can OSS survive when so many of its users are takers and not givers? According to the study, no."
(Original title: Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue)
2-year postdoc on the #history of USAID at @…
The Chair of African History at the University of Bayreuth invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The fellowship is embedded in the interdis…
Resources to Learn More About the Ukrainian/Russian Conflict
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12Hi1pOYSjJ1umb72CTNzvJ7e4wfhEfk1Hn3AxjGE4go/edit?tab=t.0
Cowboys regress in loss to Lions but try to focus on what's left of playoff hopes https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/cowboys-regress-in-loss-to-lions-but-try-to-focus-on-whats-left-of-playoff-hopes
Google debuts Titans, an architecture combining RNN speed with transformer performance for real-time learning, able to scale effectively to a 2M context window (Google Research)
https://research.google/blog/titans-miras-helping-ai-have-long-term-memory/
Filing: Zuckerberg considered changing how Meta studies social issues after a WSJ story about Instagram and teen mental health, noting Apple faces less scrutiny (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/report/874176/meta-zuckerberg-new-me…