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The AI news for February 13th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Google tests AI methods for age estimation and increased youth protection
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Google-testet-KI-Methoden-zur-Alterserkennung-und-fuer-mehr-Jugendschutz-10280563.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

OpenAI's GPT-4.5 to be released in 'a few weeks', GPT-5 later this year
Source: https://the-decoder.de/openais-naechstes-und-letztes-reines-sprachmodell-wird-gpt-4-5/

Founded by DeepMind alumnus, Latent Labs launches with $50M to make biology programmable
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/12/founded-by-deepmind-alumnus-latent-labs-launches-with-50m-to-make-biology-programmable/

Scarlett Johansson calls for deepfake ban after AI video goes viral
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/611016/scarlett-johansson-deepfake-laws-ai-video

The AI news for February 12th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Google lifts AI taboo: Artificial Intelligence soon in weapons?
Source: https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Google-kippt-KI-Tabu-Kuenstliche-Intelligenz-bald-in-Waffen-10278218.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

DeepSeek: all the news about the startup that’s shaking up AI stocks
Source: https://www.theverge.com/24353060/deepseek-ai-china-nvidia-openai

AI chatbots are distorting news stories, BBC finds
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/610006/ai-chatbots-distorting-news-bbc-study

EU mobilizes $200 billion in AI race against US and China
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/609930/eu-200-billion-investment-ai-development

The AI news for February 11th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Is AI making us dumb?
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/10/is-ai-making-us-dumb/

Anthropic publishes first AI Labor Market Index
Source: https://the-decoder.de/anthropic-veroeffentlicht-ersten-ki-arbeitsmarkt-index/

OpenAI plans to complete its first AI chip by 2025
Source: https://the-decoder.de/openai-will-noch-2025-ersten-eigenen-ki-chip-fertigstellen/

Can deep learning transform heart failure prevention?
Source: https://news.mit.edu/2025/can-deep-learning-transform-heart-failure-prevention-0210

The AI news for February 10th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Meta MILS: Pure Language Models to Learn Seeing and Hearing Without Special Training
Source: https://the-decoder.de/reine-sprachmodelle-sollen-ohne-spezielles-training-sehen-und-hoeren-lernen/

DeepMind AI Solves Math Problems Better Than Olympians!
Source: https://www.all-ai.de/news/top-news24/deepmind-ki-l%C3%B6st-matheprobleme-besser-als-olympiasieger

Ex-OpenAI Genius with New Mission: AI Takeover?
Source: https://www.all-ai.de/news/news24/ex-openai-genie-mit-neuer-mission-ki-macht%C3%BCbernahme

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Admits That AI’s Benefits May Not Be Widely Distributed
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/09/openai-ceo-sam-altman-admits-that-ais-benefits-may-not-be-widely-distributed/

The AI news for February 9th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

AI Tutoring in Nigeria: Students Achieve Nearly Two Years of Learning Progress in Six Weeks
Source: https://the-decoder.de/ki-nachhilfe-in-nigeria-schueler-erzielen-in-sechs-wochen-fast-zwei-jahre-lernfortschritt/

AI Pioneer Fei-Fei Li Says AI Policy Must Be Based on ‘Science, Not Science Fiction’
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/08/ai-pioneer-fei-fei-li-says-ai-policy-must-be-based-on-science-not-science-fiction/

Christie’s Announces AI Art Auction, and Not Everyone Is Pleased
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/08/christies-announces-ai-art-auction-and-not-everyone-is-pleased/

AI to Save Endangered Languages – Meta Goes on the Offensive
Source: https://www.all-ai.de/news/news24/ki-soll-bedrohte-sprachen-retten-%E2%80%93-meta-geht-in-die-offensive

The AI news for February 8th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

Meta Partnr: Robots to Take Over Tedious Tasks
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Meta-Partnr-Roboter-sollen-kuenftig-laestige-Aufgaben-uebernehmen-10273674.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Amazon to Invest $100 Billion in AI Infrastructure
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Amazon-will-100-Milliarden-US-Dollar-in-KI-Infrastruktur-investieren-10273652.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Creating a Common Language
Source: https://news.mit.edu/2025/creating-common-language-kaiming-he-0207

AI Sensation: Boston Dynamics' Atlas Becomes More Humanlike
Source: https://www.all-ai.de/news/news24/ki-sensation-atlas-von-boston-dynamics-wird-menschen%C3%A4hnlich

The AI news for February 7th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

OpenAI's free ChatGPT search engine without registration could change the WWW
Source: https://the-decoder.de/openais-kostenlose-chatgpt-suchmaschine-ohne-registrierung-koennte-das-www-veraendern/

Tesla Dojo: Elon Musk’s big plan to build an AI supercomputer, explained
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/tesla-dojo-elon-musks-big-plan-to-build-an-ai-supercomputer-explained/

Researchers trained an OpenAI rival in half an hour for less than $50
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/607341/researchers-cheaper-openai-rival-training

Orgs demand action to mitigate AI’s environmental harm
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/06/orgs-demand-action-to-mitigate-ais-environmental-harm/

The AI news for February 6th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

When AI Giants Claim Ownership: OpenAI's Dangerous Precedent
Source: https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Wenn-KI-Giganten-Eigentumsansprueche-anmelden-OpenAIs-gefaehrlicher-Praezedenzfall-10271435.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

Democracy in Danger: Four Steps Against AI Misuse
Source: https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Demokratie-in-Gefahr-Vier-Schritte-gegen-KI-Missbrauch-10270587.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

How AI Helps with Grieving – and When It Harms
Source: https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Wie-KI-dabei-hilft-zu-trauern-und-wann-sie-schadet-10250754.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag_plus.beitrag_plus

Researchers Created an Open Rival to OpenAI’s o1 ‘Reasoning’ Model for Under $50
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/researchers-created-an-open-rival-to-openais-o1-reasoning-model-for-under-50/

The AI news for February 5th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

OpenAI expands ChatGPT WhatsApp support with new features
Source: https://the-decoder.de/openai-erweitert-chatgpt-whatsapp-unterstuetzung-mit-neuen-funktionen/

Google Deepmind arms itself with new safety rules against cunning AGIs
Source: https://the-decoder.de/google-deepmind-ruestet-sich-mit-neuen-sicherheitsregeln-gegen-listige-agis/

Recycling: Fraunhofer aims to revolutionize e-waste dismantling with robots
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Recycling-Fraunhofer-will-Elektroschrottdemontage-mit-Robotern-revolutionieren-10269340.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitrag

California bill would make AI companies remind kids that chatbots aren’t people
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/605728/california-chatbot-bill-child-safety

The AI news for February 4th, 2025

Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:

OpenAI’s new trademark application hints at humanoid robots, smart jewelry, and more
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/03/openais-new-trademark-application-hints-at-humanoid-robots-smart-jewelry-and-more/

Meta says it may stop development of AI systems it deems too risky
Source: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/03/meta-says-it-may-stop-development-of-ai-systems-it-deems-too-risky/

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son says AGI will arrive ‘much earlier’ than he thought
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/605555/softbank-masayoshi-son-agi-cristal-intelligence-openai

Cloudflare is making it easier to track authentic images online
Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/604989/cloudflare-adobe-content-credentials-authenticty-feature