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Artificial Intelligence is a key technology that can help us solve major societal challenges such as climate change, energy supply, healthcare, education or logistics. AI can solve specific problems more effectively by supporting us in decision-making, automating solutions and thus scaling them, or discovering completely new solutions. But the use of AI also poses new risks, for example when it comes to surveillance or questions of social justice.

What is our society doing with AI – and what is AI doing to our society? We shed light on this question in our AI and Society Content Hub.

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US think tank warns of "reverse brain drain" in China's AI sector

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Researchers used AI to manipulate Reddit users, scrapped study after backlash

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xAI alters Grok chatbot to shield Elon Musk from misinformation claims

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DiscoLM German 7b is an open-source German language model based on Mistral. The model is optimized for German texts and understands, generates, and interacts effectively with German-language content, but also retains its English language capabilities and is supposed to be particularly good at translation tasks. In MT Bench, DiscoLM German 7b lags behind GPT-3.5 in writing, but according to the developer, the real quality of the model lies in its German expression, which is not covered by benchmarks, but felt by native speakers. DiscoLM is even ahead of GPT-3.5 in reasoning. The model is also trained for RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) applications.

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Euractiv journalist Luca Bertuzzi has leaked the final text of the EU AI Act. The final yes/no vote is expected to take place in the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) in early February. It seems there is good news for open-source AI: Third parties will be exempt from certain compliance requirements if they provide AI tools, services, processes or components under a free and open license. Exemptions are foundational models. Developers are also encouraged to use common documentation practices such as model maps and datasheets. This should facilitate the exchange of information in the AI value chain and promote the development of trustworthy AI systems in the European Union.

Software and data, including models, released under a free and open-source licence that allows them to be openly shared and where users can freely access, use, modify and redistribute them or modified versions thereof, can contribute to research and innovation in the market and can provide significant growth opportunities for the Union economy.

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Chinese chipmakers are participating in group tours to network with Japanese counterparts amid increasingly strict export controls imposed by the US and its allies. The tours provide access to Japanese chip companies and semiconductor trade fairs, such as Semicon Japan and Nepcon Japan, the FT reports. Chip Think Tank, a consulting firm backed by Tianfeng Securities, is offering an eight-day trip in January to explore Japan's semiconductor equipment and materials industry. The trip includes a trade show ticket and visits to more than 10 Japanese chip industry players. These networking tours have gained popularity as Chinese chipmakers seek ways to cope with Washington's tightening of export controls aimed at curbing China's advances in semiconductor technology.

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AlphaEvolve is Google DeepMind's new AI system that autonomously creates better algorithms

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US Copyright Office says fair use does not cover AI trained on "vast troves of copyrighted works

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US think tank warns of "reverse brain drain" in China's AI sector

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