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🤖 Samsung unveils Galaxy S25, and it's all about AI

🧪 AI-developed drugs are coming

🫠 LinkedIn sued for using private messages in AI training

🤷‍♂️ Elon Musk and Sam Altman clash over Stargate on social media

🚫 TikTok ban may end without a US sale

🔄 Google Gemini now works across multiple apps in a single prompt

🎁 + 11 other news you might like

🔮 + 3 handpicked research papers and tools

🤖 Samsung unveils Galaxy S25, and it's all about AI LINK

Samsung revealed the Galaxy S25 series in San Jose, California, highlighting advanced AI features designed to simplify user routines and improve device functionality.

The Galaxy S25 maintains similar hardware to its predecessor, featuring a faster chip and improved ultrawide camera lens, while introducing AI capabilities to enhance user interaction and experience.

Samsung aims to protect user privacy by storing AI data directly on Galaxy devices, with prices starting at $800 and availability in stores from February 7, 2025.

🧪 AI-developed drugs are coming LINK

Alphabet's subsidiary, Isomorphic Labs, is set to begin trials by the end of the year for drugs developed using artificial intelligence, as stated by a Google executive.

Isomorphic Labs, established in 2021, collaborates with Eli Lilly and Novartis to use its AI technology, AlphaFold, for discovering new therapies, targeting diseases like cancer and neurodegeneration.

Insilico Medicine, a startup, was the first to send an AI-designed drug to clinical trials in 2023, with positive results reported for its treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and inflammatory bowel disease.

🫠 LinkedIn sued for using private messages in AI training LINK

LinkedIn is being sued in the US for allegedly sharing Premium subscribers' private messages with third parties without consent to train AI models, violating several laws and agreements.

The lawsuit claims LinkedIn introduced a default privacy setting in August 2024 that shared user data for AI training and later updated its policy to permit these practices retroactively.

The plaintiffs seek damages and the deletion of AI models trained with improperly disclosed data, raising broader concerns about data use across other Microsoft products.

🤷‍♂️ Elon Musk and Sam Altman clash over Stargate on social media LINK

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are publicly disputing on social media about Stargate, a major infrastructure venture for building OpenAI's data centers across the United States.

The Stargate project aims to secure $500 billion from financial backers, including SoftBank and MGX, with an initial commitment of $100 billion directed toward a facility in Texas.

Elon Musk questions the financial backing of Stargate, while Sam Altman insists on its validity, noting its significance for the nation despite Musk's competitive interests with his own AI firm, xAI.

🚫 TikTok ban may end without a US sale LINK

William E. Ford, a board member of ByteDance, suggested a potential compromise that could resolve the TikTok ban without the need for a U.S. sale.

Current U.S. law requires TikTok to be sold to an American company, but Ford believes alternative solutions could be discussed with President Trump.

Ford, speaking at the World Economic Forum, expressed optimism about ongoing talks between President Trump and China's President Xi potentially leading to a constructive resolution.

🔄 Google Gemini now works across multiple apps in a single prompt LINK

Google's Gemini assistant now performs tasks across multiple apps in a single interaction, announced with Samsung's Galaxy S25 launch, where Gemini becomes the default assistant, replacing Bixby.

The update enhances Gemini to handle complex tasks like finding and sharing locations or scheduling events, with support extending to Samsung apps for S25 users and other platforms.

Gemini Live conversational mode gains new features exclusive to certain devices, with plans for Project Astra's screen sharing and video streaming capabilities to arrive on Android soon.

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UK opens probe into Google’s and Apple’s mobile platforms LINK

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How Chinese A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek Is Competing With OpenAI and Google LINK

Meta’s Yann LeCun predicts a ‘new AI architectures paradigm’ within 5 years and ‘decade of robotics’ LINK

World's largest DDoS attack blocked, Cloudflare claims LINK

Hackers found a way to remotely unlock, start, and track millions of Subarus LINK

Reddit won’t interfere with users revolting against X with subreddit bans LINK

eBay sellers asking $2k to $50k for iPhones with TikTok installed LINK

Latest research and tools

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Edge TTS: Edge TTS: a Python module that allows integration of Microsoft Edge's online text-to-speech service into Python code for generating customizable speech outputs.

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Bunster: Compile bash scripts to self contained executables: Bunster: a tool that compiles bash scripts into standalone executables, enhancing performance, portability, and security for easy distribution and deployment on Unix platforms.

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Apache Hudi: an open data lakehouse platform: Apache Hudi: an open data lakehouse platform that facilitates efficient data ingestion, storage, and management across cloud environments, enables querying and tracking of data changes over time, and supports scalable indexing for faster access.

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