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The French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI, once considered Europe’s greatest hope in the AI race, is struggling to maintain its competitive position against larger rivals. According to a detailed report by Tim Bradshaw and Leila Abboud in the Financial Times, the Paris-based startup is facing increasing pressure from both US tech giants and emerging … Read more
Stanford professor Ge Wang argues that current approaches to AI-generated music fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of artistic creation. In his article published on Stanford HAI’s platform, Wang challenges the notion that AI should primarily serve as a labor-saving tool in creative processes. The professor, who teaches Music and Computer Science at Stanford’s Center for Computer … Read more
Security researchers from Cisco and the University of Pennsylvania have discovered severe safety vulnerabilities in DeepSeek’s R1 AI chatbot. According to findings published by Matt Burgess in Wired, the model failed to detect or block any of the 50 tested malicious prompts designed to elicit harmful content. The researchers achieved a 100% success rate in … Read more
A new affordable method to train AI image models on personal photos allows users to generate custom AI images for approximately $3. The technique, detailed in a blog post by software developer Cory Zue, combines the Flux image model with LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) training technology on the Replicate platform. The process requires users to upload … Read more
The Vatican has issued a detailed document addressing the ethical implications and proper use of artificial intelligence in relation to human dignity and religious faith. The note, titled “Antiqua et nova: Note on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence,” was released by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Dicastery … Read more
A new survey from Salesforce’s Mulesoft reveals that 93% of enterprise IT leaders plan to implement AI agents by 2025. According to the report, published by Taryn Plumb in VentureBeat, organizations currently use an average of 897 applications, but only 29% of these are connected. The study, which surveyed 1,050 IT leaders, found that data … Read more
Mobile AI applications have become a significant revenue source, with ChatGPT leading the market. According to a new report by Appfigures, analyzed by Bloomberg’s Vlad Savov, OpenAI’s chatbot has generated $529 million since its mobile launch in May. The total AI app market nearly quadrupled in 2024, reaching $1.4 billion in revenue. US consumers drive … Read more
OpenAI and Microsoft are investigating whether Chinese AI startup DeepSeek improperly used OpenAI’s technology to develop its new R1 language model. According to reports from Bloomberg and the Financial Times, the companies are probing whether DeepSeek obtained data output from OpenAI’s technology in an unauthorized manner. David Sacks, a venture capitalist and Trump administration member, … Read more
Steven Adler, a former safety researcher at OpenAI, has expressed serious concerns about the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence technology. In a recent series of posts on X (formerly Twitter), as reported by Dan Milmo in The Guardian, Adler described the current pace of AI development as “terrifying” and questioned humanity’s long-term survival prospects. During … Read more
Researchers have identified 15 sophisticated techniques that can be used to circumvent safety measures in large language models (LLMs), raising concerns about AI security. Security researcher Nir Diamant detailed these findings in a comprehensive analysis that examines various methods attackers use to make AI models ignore their safety training. The research highlights several major attack … Read more