Artificial Intelligence

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Russia blocks Snapchat and restricts Apple’s FaceTime, state officials say

Latest effort to control communications comes as regulator claims apps being used to ‘conduct terrorist activities’Russian authorities blocked access to Snapchat and imposed restrictions on Apple’s video calling service, FaceTime, the latest step in an effort to tighten control over the internet and communications online, according to state-run news agencies and the country’s communications regulator.The

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Mistral Large 3: First Look and Testing

If you follow open-source LLMs, you already know the space is moving fast. Every few months a new model drops promising better reasoning, better coding, and lower compute costs. Mistral has been one of the few companies that consistently delivers on those claims and with Mistral 3, they’ve pushed things even further. This new release isn’t

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AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements

In 2024, a Democratic congressional candidate in Pennsylvania, Shamaine Daniels, used an AI chatbot named Ashley to call voters and carry on conversations with them. “Hello. My name is Ashley, and I’m an artificial intelligence volunteer for Shamaine Daniels’s run for Congress,” the calls began. Daniels didn’t ultimately win. But maybe those calls helped her

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Google’s AI Nano Banana Pro accused of generating racialised ‘white saviour’ visuals

Research finds tool depicts white women surrounded by black children when prompted about humanitarian aid in AfricaNano Banana Pro, Google’s new AI-powered image generator, has been accused of creating racialised and “white saviour” visuals in response to prompts about humanitarian aid in Africa – and sometimes appends the logos of large charities.Asking the tool tens

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