🕶️ Propaganda 0, ChatGPT 1: AI blocks election shenanigans

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1. 🏆 Geoffrey Hinton wins Nobel Prize and praises student Ilya Sutskever for firing Sam Altman from OpenAI.

2. 🇨🇦 Alan disrupts Canada's insurance scene, breaking a 70-year drought and planning to hire 50 locals by 2025.

3. 🚀 Robinhood co-founder unveils Aetherflux, aiming for space-based solar power with a satellite constellation.

4. ⚖️ Brazil's Supreme Court lets Elon Musk's X back online after a $2M compliance cost and account removals.

5. 🤖 Tesla unveils Robotaxi at 'We, Robot' event, featuring a Cybercab design and autonomous ride-hail concept.

6. 🌍 OpenAI expands to Singapore, Paris, Brussels, with plans to become a global AI leader after a $6.6B funding boost.

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Propaganda 0, ChatGPT 1: AI blocks election shenanigans

OpenAI's recent report highlights attempts by global propagandists to use ChatGPT in election interference, though these efforts have largely failed to make significant headway. The AI tool has been exploited by state-backed groups from countries like Iran, Rwanda, India, and the European Union, as well as criminal actors.

In one case, Iranian propagandists created fake news websites and social media posts aimed at U.S. voters. Similar operations targeted elections in Rwanda and the E.U., but OpenAI intervened early, preventing substantial impact.

The report also reveals a growing trend of bad actors using AI to automate their work, but no major breakthroughs have been achieved yet in creating viral propaganda or enhancing hacking capabilities. OpenAI’s transparency on these issues demonstrates the ongoing experimentation with AI by malicious groups, though AI's effectiveness in their operations remains limited.

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1. 💰 Basecamp Research lands $60M to create a biology-focused AI, boasting over 100 partnerships across 25 countries.

2. 🏗️ Nordic-Dutch startup Paebbl raised €22.8M to transform CO2 into carbon-storing materials for construction.

3. 🎥 Plex launches movie/TV reviews after a $40M raise, upping its social game and rivaling Letterboxd.

4. 💻 Stockholm's Lovable secures $7.5M to democratize coding with GPT Engineer, a real-time AI coding assistant.

5. 📝 Former Google Maps engineers raise $6 million to launch Cove, an AI-powered infinite collaboration board.

6. 🌿 Brazilian startup AuraPura secures $550K pre-seed funding to develop a digital marketplace for holistic therapy.

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Startup exodus? No more Atlantic hopping!

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched an "Action Plan" to boost venture capital and prevent European startups from relocating to the U.S. Key initiatives include extending the European Tech Champions Initiative and creating an exit platform to support acquisitions and public listings for tech startups. EIB President Nadia Calviño stressed that the plan will help scale up European innovation and keep companies in Europe.

The plan follows a report from Mario Draghi warning that the EU is falling behind the U.S. in tech, with many European unicorns relocating abroad due to commercialization challenges.

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