Hello and welcome to the latest issue of the AI Bulletin. We hope you enjoy this week’s selection of the most newsworthy ML developments from around the world. Have a fantastic weekend, and we’ll see you next Friday!
North America
Princeton posts an interview with the university’s experts exploring the concept of AI snake oil.
Anthopic’s X account gets hacked, with the perpetrators advertising a fraudulent cryptocurrency $CLAUDE.
Google unveils Veo 2, Imagen 3, and Whisk: its latest text-to-video and text-to-image models.
At Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Donald Trump and SoftBank’s CEO Masayoshi Son announce a $100 billion AI deal that will create 100,000 jobs in the US.
Europe
In Germany, scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV introduce an ML model that outperforms top human experts in distinguishing American bourbon from Scotch.
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) achieve a 100% success rate in breaching the security safeguards of all major AI models.
Asia
ByteDance intensifies competition in China’s GenAI market by drastically cutting the price of its new Doubao model.
In the Persian Gulf, Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) hosts AI Connect, bringing together startups, entrepreneurs, and officials to advance AI in government. Meanwhile, Oman Investment Authority (OIA) acquires a stake in Musk’s xAI.
Latin America
In Brazil, Mayor of Eldorado do Sul signs a milestone legislation to build Latin America’s first AI data center city.
Africa
Nature publishes an article on AI-driven solutions for climate change adaptation in agriculture across Africa.
Australia
The nation’s Ministry for Industry and Science issues a directive to develop a National AI Capability Plan.
