Weekly bulletin from AIport, issue #50

Hello and welcome to the big 50th issue of the AI Bulletin! We hope you enjoy this week’s hand-picked selection of machine learning and data science news from around the globe, organized chronologically by region. Have a pleasant weekend, and we look forward to connecting with you again next Friday!

North America

• Poshmark, a social commerce marketplace, launches Smart List, which enables users to leverage AI for more streamlined listing creation.

• In Canada, Vancouver-based Versance introduces Talk to SEDAR, an AI platform that uses machine learning to help stakeholders navigate public company filings.

• OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Gov, providing US government agencies with access to the company’s latest models.

• Following its release, China’s DeepSeek-R1 sends shockwaves through the global tech industry, triggering a frenzy in the US stock market, with Nvidia taking a huge hit: here’s a segment from an MSNBC Monday morning show. In response, Hugging Face begins building its own replica of the model.

Europe

• AI is at the center of the Photo Brussels Festival in Belgium: The Guardian takes a closer look.

• The Italian Data Protection Authority blocks DeepSeek due to data privacy concerns.

• According to a new report, France is now Europe’s leader by the number of AI startups.

Asia

• Malaysia’s Ministry of Communications launches AIFA, an AI assistant that checks facts and verifies the accuracy of news articles.

• In China, DeepSeek reports a large-scale cyber attack after the company dethrones ChatGPT as the most downloaded free app. Meanwhile, Unitree’s AI robots make a splash at the annual Spring Festival Gala with their synchronized dance routine: here’s a video bite from SCMP.

Latin America

• Brazil bans paid data collection for the iris-scanning Orb, manufactured by Sam Altman’s World (formerly Worldcoin).

Africa

• The UN publishes an article on the use of AI in education across the African continent.

Australia

• Diag-Nose.io, a Melbourne-based biotech startup, is harnessing AI to design personalized asthma treatments: here’s a short video report by 9News.