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 Oxford university announces OpenAI partnership.

Oxford university announces OpenAI partnership.

2025-04-02 BBC News
Recently, one of the leading tech companies announced a special project aimed at the most prestigious universities on the planet. OpenAI, the famous company behind the ChatGPT model has launched a collaboration with some of the world's most famous educational institutions, including Oxford and Harvard. The consortium ...
 Google is rolling out Gemini’s real-time AI video features.

Google is rolling out Gemini’s real-time AI video features.

2025-04-01 The Verge
The world of artificial intelligence never sleeps. Updates and new developments are always the order of the day, especially when considering the most famous models in the field, published and eternally promoted by the leading companies in the field. It seems to be the turn of Gemini AI, Google's artificial intelligence...
 ChatGPT’s viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns.

ChatGPT’s viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns.

2025-03-31 AP News
“I consider this to be an insult to life itself.” Animation master Hayao Miyazaki's opinion about artificial intelligence has always been quite clear, as reflected in this commentary dating back to 2016. From the very beginning, the co-founder of one of the world's most famous animation film studios, Studio Ghibli,...
 Chinese AI Video Generators Unleash a Flood of New Nonconsensual Porn.

Chinese AI Video Generators Unleash a Flood of New Nonconsensual Porn.

2025-03-28 404 Media
Despite the current general development of world-famous artificial intelligence models, a new wave of simple AI systems, whose main function is to generate videos and similar content, seems to have recently emerged. The trend originated in China, as these new “AI generators” seem to be, for the most part, produced ...
 Revealed: the scammers who conned savers out of $35m using fake celebrity ads.

Revealed: the scammers who conned savers out of $35m using fake celebrity ads.

2025-03-27 The Guardian
On March 8, 2022, the British government promised that it would make substantial changes to the Online Safety Act so that it could better address scams and fraud that threaten the safety of its citizens. Three years later, nothing has changed. The United Kingdom has, in fact, been hardest hit by a series of recent scam...
 China's DeepSeek claims theoretical cost-profit ratio of 545% per day.

China's DeepSeek claims theoretical cost-profit ratio of 545% per day.

2025-03-26 Reuters
The spontaneous and voluntary sharing of information regarding the business/financial aspect of a certain company rather than another is not exactly a predictable move. It is customary to regard this area as a kind of trade secret, data to which only and exclusively a precise number of individuals involved have access,...
 AI Can (and Does) Cheat to Accomplish Its Goals.

AI Can (and Does) Cheat to Accomplish Its Goals.

2025-03-25 Vice - Motherboard
Artificial intelligence models may be the new frontier of technology, but after all, they are still man-made. Humanity is capable of developing its cognitive abilities, deepening its knowledge and cultivating its wisdom, but it is also extremely prone to a certain search for the “easiest way.” Humans can be lazy an...
 How US tech giants supplied Israel with AI models, raising questions about tech’s role in warfare.

How US tech giants supplied Israel with AI models, raising questions about tech’s role in warfare.

2025-03-24 AP News
Artificial intelligence has become an integral part of most people's daily lives, whether it is a question posed to ChatGPT or the use of a model to facilitate work - following its impressive trajectory in recent years, it is now commonplace to find out about its implementation in one area rather than another. One lit...
 'DeepSeek moved me to tears': How young Chinese find therapy in AI.

'DeepSeek moved me to tears': How young Chinese find therapy in AI.

2025-03-21 BBC News
The relationship between artificial intelligence and the mental health of users has been investigated several times in the past; last year we published an article regarding the distorted empathy of this technology and the risks involved when it is misused in psychological contexts, however, this landscape is in flux. ...
 How an AI-written book shows why the tech 'terrifies' creatives.

How an AI-written book shows why the tech 'terrifies' creatives.

2025-03-20 BBC News
The spread and rapid development of artificial intelligence has brought about several changes in the world, both within technological sectors and within various professional fields. This impressive technology has, more specifically, sowed panic in creative circles: art and writing seem to have been the victims most aff...
 You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism.

You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism.

2025-03-19 404 Media
Today's reference article is quite different from the material we usually share. This written by Janus Rose, a 404Media reporter, is intended as a profound reflection on the current state of affairs, the contemporary political situation in the United States and, consequently, the online landscape in this regard. Follo...
 Public Library Ebook Service to Cull AI Slop After 404 Media Investigation.

Public Library Ebook Service to Cull AI Slop After 404 Media Investigation.

2025-03-18 404 Media
We recently shared an article published by the online news outlet 404 Media, which announced the start of an investigation regarding a series of low-quality content generated by artificial intelligence and proposed as potential reading material within Hoopla's service. Today's reference article is intended as an update...
 Google Messages is using AI to detect scam texts.

Google Messages is using AI to detect scam texts.

2025-03-17 The Verge
Google recently announced some new features for its android devices, including some exclusive to the “Pixel” line. More specifically, real-time location sharing in the Find My app for Android users with their selected contacts was announced, along with support for multicamera streaming and new text-to-image options...
 OpenAI launches $50M grant program to help fund academic research.

OpenAI launches $50M grant program to help fund academic research.

2025-03-14 TechCrunch
One of the leading AI companies recently announced a project dedicated to supporting academic research at the world's top universities. More specifically, OpenAI, an American artificial intelligence research organization, has created a new consortium called NextGenAI, through which it will launch a $50 million grant pr...
 Singapore charges three with fraud that media link to Nvidia chips.

Singapore charges three with fraud that media link to Nvidia chips.

2025-03-13 Reuters
The sudden boom of Deepseek, the latest phenomenon in the artificial intelligence sector and a Chinese application famous for its surprising effectiveness and free status, has set off alarm bells for several competitors in the tech industry. Two months after its market launch, in fact, several investigations into it ha...
 Generative AI code contradicts copyright law, industry says.

Generative AI code contradicts copyright law, industry says.

2025-03-12 Euronews
In August 2024, a law dedicated to the management of artificial intelligence will come into force. In preparation for this implementation, the European Commission has appointed a group of experts in the field to draft a Code of Conduct dedicated exclusively to AI. The group is currently working on the draft, which was ...