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DeepSeek opens roles for ‘product and design’ as start-up keeps mum on new AI model
Chinese start-up DeepSeek has initiated an “urgent” recruitment for “product and design” roles in Beijing and Hangzhou, fanning speculation over its work on a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that it has remained tight-lipped about.
This marks the first time DeepSeek has published product-related job openings, as it has largely focused on fundamental AI model research
Read more | SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
How to keep AI models on the straight and narrow
Give an AI system the task of beating a chess-playing program, for instance, and rather than trying to checkmate its opponent, it may simply hack the program to ensure victory.
Give it the job of maximizing profits for an investment client with ethical qualms, and instead of changing its strategy it may misrepresent the harms associated with the profits.
Read more | THE ECONOMIST
New whitepaper outlines the taxonomy of failure modes in AI agents
The taxonomy provides multiple insights - for instance, we found that memory poisoning is particularly insidious in AI agents, with the absence of robust semantic analysis and contextual validation mechanisms allows malicious instructions to be stored, recalled, and executed.
Read more | MICROSOFT
Spotify expands AI Playlist in Beta to premium listeners in 40+ new markets
AI Playlist brings users another way to express themselves through the music they love. Just start with a simple idea like “high-energy electropop that takes me to another world” or “workout music to make my ex jealous.”
Read more | SPOTIFY
"BMW has become a 360-degree AI-driven company" — Oliver Zipse, Chairman of BMW’s Board
Highlighting China's growing role in innovation, particularly in AI, Zipse said BMW is deepening its partnerships with Chinese tech companies to integrate advanced AI features into its vehicles for the Chinese market.
He added that BMW will begin integrating AI technology from Chinese tech startup DeepSeek into its latest models in China later this year.
Read more | CHINA DAILY ASIA
Mobility AI: Advancing urban transportation
Google Research introduces a program which leverages AI advancements in measurement, simulation, and optimization, to provide transportation agencies with powerful tools for data-driven policymaking, traffic management, and continuous monitoring of urban transportation systems.
Read more | GOOGLE RESEARCH
Grammy-winning artist Imogen Heap who went viral with ‘Headlock’, launches AI music tools
The style filters work by taking text-based prompts users feed into Jen’s system, describing the type of song they want to create. Jen then takes that description and fuses it with whichever Heap song the user picked, creating a new track with the vibe of the selected style filter song.
Read more | HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Singapore Airlines taps OpenAI to reimagine travel - this is OpenAI's first partnership with a major airline
The enhanced AI virtual assistant will be more responsive, offer smarter and more personalised customer service. The tool will also automate routine processes and provide SIA staff with guidance for operational tasks by drawing insights from successfully resolved past cases.
By using OpenAI’s multimodal AI capabilities, staff will be able to access and process information across different formats; this will speed up decision-making, improve problem-solving and allow greater focus for critical tasks.
Read more | BUSINESS TIMES
Viral AI-made art trends are making artists even more worried about their futures
Joy Cardaño said she used to get commissioned almost every week to create anime-inspired art. Now, she said, that work has nearly come to a halt, with many online users seeming to gravitate toward artificial intelligence-made art, instead.
From Studio Ghibli - inspired illustrations to doll and action figure "starter packs", an explosion of AI-generated images in recent weeks has sparked a fresh wave of concern among artists like Cardaño.
Read more | NBC NEWS
Instagram tries using AI to determine if teens are pretending to be adults
Meta has been using AI to determine people’s ages for some time, the company said, but photo and video-sharing app will now “proactively” look for teen accounts it suspects belong to teenagers even if they entered an inaccurate birthdate when they signed up.
If it is determined that a user is misrepresenting their age, the account will automatically become a teen account, which has more restrictions than an adult account.
Read more | AP
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