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Looks like the Europeans have cottoned onto the US bigtech's 'local cloud' gambit: #SovereignWashing Here in Aotearoa NZ, we should be giving …

heise | Künstliche Intelligenz: Wie aus Sprachmodellen Agenten werden
Große Sprachmodelle sollen künftig nicht nur Fragen beantworten. KI-Agenten sollen selbstständig Entscheidungen treffen und Problemlösungsstrategien entwickeln.

Silent Until Sparse: Backdoor Attacks on Semi-Structured Sparsity
Wei Guo, Maura Pintor, Ambra Demontis, Battista Biggio
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08747 https://

Silent Until Sparse: Backdoor Attacks on Semi-Structured Sparsity
In the deployment phase, semi-structured sparsity accelerates the execution of deep neural networks on modern GPUs via sparse matrix multiplication. In this paper, targeting the semi-structured sparsity, we introduce a Silent Until Sparse (SUS) backdoor attack, where the released full model remains silent (benign), but becomes a backdoored model after sparsification. The attack operates in two phases: (i) in the backdoor training phase, the backdoor functionality is injected into specific weigh…

Oil and plastic pollution from shipwreck raises concerns, legal scrutiny in India https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/oil-and-plastic-pollution-from-shipwreck-raises-concerns-legal-scrutiny-in-india/

Oil and plastic pollution from shipwreck raises concerns, legal scrutiny in India
As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s southern state of Kerala, local residents were first bemused, then baffled. Some, more enterprising than others, began collecting them in sacks with help from the local police — a first step in heading off what […]

🪂 $9 Billion Exit by Satoshi-Era BTC Whale Sparks Debate: Are Bitcoin OGs Losing Faith?
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/07/27/usd9-billion-exit-by-satoshi-era-btc-whale-sparks-debate-are-bitcoin-ogs-losi…

Bitcoin’s $9B Whale Exit Reignites Questions About OG Conviction and BTC’s Direction
A $9 billion BTC sale by a Satoshi-era whale triggered Scott Melker to question OG conviction, sparking debate over Bitcoin’s future and institutional shift.

Titans RB Spears (ankle) out rest of preseason https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45939070/titans-rb-tyjae-spears-high-ankle-sprain-rest-preseason

KI-Assistentin "Kiana": Deutsche Bahn testet Sprachbot am Flughafen BER
Die Deutsche Bahn erprobt am Berliner Flughafen BER eine KI-gestützte Reiseberatung. "Kiana" soll Fahrgäste unterstützen – allerdings mit Einschränkungen.

New global ruling says sovereign states are legally responsible for tackling climate change https://phys.org/news/2025-08-global-sovereign-states-legally-responsible.html

New global ruling says sovereign states are legally responsible for tackling climate change
Sovereign states are not only responsible for tackling fossil fuel damage, they have to make redress, according to a recent ground-breaking ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ruling makes clear that the court believes states must actively prevent harm to the world's climate system. States that fail to act accordingly may have to pay compensation, restore damaged ecosystems, rebuild infrastructure or face further legal challenges.

Kreislaufwirtschaft 4.0: Wenn die Mülltonne mit dem Lkw spricht
Die Digitalisierung erreicht die Abfallwirtschaft: Intelligente Mülltonnen, KI-gesteuerte Routenplanung und Roboter verändern die Müllabfuhr grundlegend.

YouTube spricht von Rekord: 17,3 Millionen schauten live Saisonauftakt der NFL
Zeitweise 17,3 Millionen Zuschauer aus 230 Ländern gleichzeitig verfolgten kostenlos das erste exklusiv von YouTube übertragene Spiel der NFL.