?? February 27, 2025: From Creative Protests to Corporate Transformations and the Future of the Internet, a Comprehensive Look at the Latest Developme
Filipe Bento
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???AI's Expanding Footprint
This edition covers 30 recent developments in AI, ranging from its impact on society and business to its integration into daily life and education, as well as Apple's AI initiatives; I have observed a growing trend of AI influencing various sectors, sparking both innovation and ethical considerations.
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AI and Society
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Artists release silent album in protest at AI copyright proposals
Music stars including Kate Bush and Damon Albarn say law changes would damage people's livelihoods.
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'Amateur and dangerous': Historians weigh in on viral AI history videos
Can AI resurrect the past, or are these videos a polished, modernised version of history designed for engagement?
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Is Artificial Intelligence Replacing Your Therapist?
Is AI replacing your therapist? Not if you look closer.
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The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences
The modern internet is nearly three decades old, and ita??s starting to show its age.
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AI-generated clip of Trump sucking Elon Musk's toes blasted across TVs at federal agency
The video played on monitors as some workers officially returned to the office.
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CEO of Clearview AI, the startup that scraped billions of online face images, resigns
Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition startup, named Hal Lambert and Richard Schwartz co-CEOs as Hoan Ton-That resigns.
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Russia's War on Ukraine: Three Years, Three Hundred and Two False Claims
AI and Invented Corruption Claims Supercharge Russian Disinformation About the War
AI in Business and Technology
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5 Gen AI Myths Holding Sales and Marketing Teams Back
Myth 1: The technology is only useful at the initial stages of identifying customers.
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Anthropic Launches the World's First 'Hybrid Reasoning' AI Model
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company founded by exiles from OpenAI, has introduced the first AI model that can produce either conventional output or a controllable amount of "reasoning" needed to solve …
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Anthropic’s new ‘hybrid reasoning’ AI model is its smartest yet
7 Sonnet, its first “hybrid reasoning model” that can solve more complex problems and outperforms previous models in areas like math and coding.
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Europe’s New AI Weather Model Is Faster, Smarter, and Free—Here’s What to Know
The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts has debuted its own forecast AI model on the heels of a cutting-edge Google model released in December.
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Going Deep on ‘Deep’
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Bing reportedly tests an 'AI Search' mode like Google with summarized results
Reports claim Microsoft is preparing an "AI Search" test with Copilot.
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Apple will invest $500 billion in the U.S. with a focus on AI
Apple (AAPL) said Monday that it will invest $500 billion in the United States over the next four years, with a focus on supporting domestic manufacturing and artificial intelligence.
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Microsoft Dropped Some AI Data Center Leases, TD Cowen Says
Microsoft has canceled some leases for US data center capacity, according to TD Cowen, raising broader concerns over whether it's securing more AI computing capacity than it needs in the long term.
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Beijing says DeepSeek isn't meant to compete against US AI giants like OpenAI and Google
"DeepSeek complements, rather than competes against, existing AI leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind," the Chinese embassy said.
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GibberLink [AI-AI Communication]
Two conversational AI agents switching from English to sound-level protocol after confirming they are both AI agents - PennyroyalTea/gibberlink
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Alibaba is going all in on trying to beat the US at developing AI that can reason like a human being
Alibaba shares are up 70% this year to date on the boost from DeepSeek and its AI partnership with Apple for iPhones in China.
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Google used the Gemini API and AI Studio to make the I/O 2025 puzzle
Last week, Google revealed the date of Google I/O 2025 with an interactive puzzle game.
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Intel launches Xeon 6 processors with performance cores for 2X AI processing
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AI in Daily Life
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How one Texas-based moving company is using AI to improve safety, optimize routing, and reduce liability
3 Men Movers uses AI to minimize driver distraction and enhance routing.
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6 things I had no idea Google Gemini AI chatbot could do
These are some of the surprising things I found out Google Gemini could do
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Strava upgraded its AI out of beta and added better anti-cheating tools
Strava's Athlete Intelligence has left beta, while the app continues to fix prominent issues with fake leaderboard times and makes sharing your workouts easier.
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Humanoid robots are on the march. Here are some of the most eyebrow-raising demo videos out there right now.
Humanoid robots are evolving rapidly thanks to advancements in AI.
AI in Education and Career
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'There's never been a better time to be an entrepreneur': A financially independent millennial shares what he'd build from scratch today
If Grant Sabatier lost everything and had to start over in 2025, "I would definitely learn how to build different AI agents."
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Apple Announces $500 Billion US Investment Plan, To Hire 20,000 People
Apple said it planned to hire an additional 20,000 staff in the US over the next four years as part of a $500 billion American investment plan.
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AI Reshapes Corporate Workforce as Companies Halt Traditional Hiring
Major corporations are reshaping their workforces around AI with Salesforce announcing it will not hire software engineers in 2025 and other companies laying off thousands while shifting focus to AI-specific roles.
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Meet the Journalists Training AI Models for Meta and OpenAI
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__?Apple Products and AI:
?? New AI model measures how fast the brain ages
?? visionOS 2.4 beta brings several long-awaited features to Apple Vision Pro
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