Weekly bulletin from AIport, issue #41

Hello and welcome to the latest issue of the AI Bulletin. We hope you enjoy this week’s selection of the most interesting developments in machine learning from around the globe. Have a pleasant weekend, and see you next Friday! 🤖👋

North America

• Brave Search announces a new feature: chat mode for Answer with AI, powered by Leo, offering ongoing conversational assistance.

• MIT Technology Review examines a recent paper by researchers from Stanford and DeepMind, which claims that a virtual replica of any person can be created after a conversation with AI.

• WIRED publishes a deep dive into the “AI pimping” phenomenon, exploring how AI-generated influencers steal and alter content from actual adult industry entertainers.

• The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) and the University of Washington unveil OpenScholar, an AI system designed to provide comprehensive answers to complex research questions with academic references.

Europe

• In Switzerland, a Catholic church in the city of Lucerne upgrades its digital Jesus installation with an AI-powered avatar. 

• In the UK, the world-renowned naturalist and TV presenter Sir David Attenborough becomes the latest victim of AI voice cloning.

Asia

• The World Internet Conference, which convened delegates from 130 countries to discuss AI governance, wraps up in Wuzhen, China: here’s a video report by CNA Singapore. 

• A prefecture in Japan issues a public apology after its tourism-oriented government website listed non-existent attractions created by AI.

Africa

• South Africa’s Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is finalizing a national AI policy framework, which will outline significant investments in research and innovation.

Latin America

• In Buenos Aires, Argentina, public courts are reportedly using ChatGPT to draft legal rulings, aiming to cut costs and speed up processing times: RofW takes a closer look.

Australia 

• In the state of New South Wales, an AI-backed solution discovers what could potentially be the world’s largest palladium site, revealing extensive mineralization over a 2km² area.