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Macron's Dig at Trump: AI Summit Recap

Swedish prosecutor confirms identity of Örebro shooting perpetrator as Rickard Andersson, a former student at Campus Risbergska, described as a 35-year-old unemployed recluse with psychological problems.

AI chatbots mislead on current affairs, BBC discovers

AI assistants like ChatGPT and Copilot produce misleading content when asked about news, with over half of answers having "significant issues". Microsoft's Copilot falsely reported details about a French rape victim, exposing the flaws in AI-generated responses.

Mastering Diffusion Models: 6 Control Strategies

Diffusion Models like Stable Diffusion and DALL-E have shown impressive image generation quality. Techniques like Dreambooth and Lora allow customization with minimal effort, enabling models to learn new concepts quickly.

Artists Unite Against AI Auction

Artists demand Christie’s cancel AI art sale, calling it "mass theft" of works created without a license. Auction features pieces by Refik Anadol and Harold Cohen, priced from $10,000 to $250,000.

AI Scammers Target Italian Business Leaders

Italian business leaders, including Armani and Prada chair, targeted in AI scam using defence minister's voice in fake calls. Prosecutors in Milan receive legal complaints from prominent figures after Guido Crosetto's voice cloned in scam calls.

The Impact of Technical Illiteracy: A Conversation with Jay Bernard

Jay Bernard, award-winning poet, uses AI in The Last X Years project to reveal manipulation of qualitative data in Brexit conversations, making invisible processes visible. Using Google's TensorFlow, the project connects news headlines and interviews, shedding light on the manipulation of democracy in the digital age.

AI in the Courtroom: Challenges and Boundaries

AI's increasing role in the legal field is causing concern, as courts fear its use in writing legal documents and case citations. A lawyer's reliance on ChatGPT for case summaries resulted in nonexistent citations, highlighting potential risks of AI in legal work.

Securing and Scaling MLOps for Governance

Data science teams face challenges in transitioning models to production, but a multi-account ML platform addresses these issues. Roles like lead data scientist, data scientists, ML engineers, and governance officers work together to streamline the ML lifecycle, ensuring security and efficiency.

AI vs. Venom: Designing Proteins to Fight Deadly Snakes

AI-designed proteins neutralize deadly snake venom faster, cheaper, and more effectively than traditional antivenoms. This breakthrough offers hope for affordable, accessible treatment to save millions of lives and livelihoods in rural communities worldwide.