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If you needed just one more indicator that something about the #ai industry is somewhat scammy, here's Tether (the world's biggest financial fraud) announcing a "strategic expansion of its AI focus".
https://…

"Hydrogen fuel cells and eliminating ‘forever chemicals’: Ofwat allocates fresh tranche of green innovation funding"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #ForeverChemicals

Hydrogen fuel cells and eliminating ‘forever chemicals’: Ofwat allocates fresh tranche of green innovation funding
Next-gen hydrogen fuel cells and a technology that could ‘zap’ away forever chemicals are among the innovations which UK water regulator Ofwat is financially supporting in the hopes of reducing the industry’s environmental footprint.

Europe falling behind US and China in pharma innovation, warns AstraZeneca chief
https://www.ft.com/content/2c0d4917-f837-4aad-be54-6a727800c3e4
<< Europe absolutely does need to invest more in R&D, but for this case, the lean to the US is mostly due to the scandalous drug pricing and extortionate healthcare practices that US big pharma packages as innovation.
(As you can see by the stunning lack of US innovation in unprofitable medicine: paediatric, rare illnesses, those associated like lower socio-economic groups, ...)

"Today marks a significant milestone as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) announces a new Open Access policy, representing a departure from traditional practices. This policy will cease support for individual article publishing fees, known as APCs, and mandate the use of preprints while advocating for their review." So Bill Gates reformulates his old saying "banking is necessary, banks are not" for scholarly publishing.

Daily inspiration: "Do the wrong things for the right reasons!"- Futurist Jim Carroll
History celebrates the rule-breakers who did the wrong things for the right reasons!
Rosa Parks - she defined the push for civil rights by refusing to sit where she was told. Martin Luther King for a regular series of arrests in violation of demands that he refrain from protesting. Dick Leitsch for conducting a "sip-in" at a New York bar to challenge the prohibition against s…

Daily Inspiration: Innovation & Risk – “Do the wrong things for the right reasons!”

The austerity turn in Swiss education, research and innovation does not bode well. :(
https://www.snf.ch/en/DuniCmuload3lKav/news/essential-investments-in-education-research-and-innovation

Essential investments in education, research and innovation
The Federal Council draft of the Dispatch on the promotion of education, research and innovation (ERI Dispatch) for the period 2025-2028 is influenced by financial concerns. Services may need to be cut and projects suspended.

How in-app browsers silently subvert user choice, stifle innovation, trap users into apps, break websites, and enable apps to severely undermine user privacy (Open Web Advocacy)
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/in-app-brow…

In-App Browsers: The worst erosion of user choice you haven’t heard of - Open Web Advocacy

😳 Why we reject new ideas
#innovation

Why we reject new ideas
It’s no secret that transformative new ideas often face widespread rejection when they first come to light.

Well that is very interesting! Introducing Mistral-Large on Azure in partnership with Mistral AI | Microsoft Azure Blog
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsof…

Introducing Mistral-Large on Azure in partnership with Mistral AI | Microsoft Azure Blog
Microsoft is announcing a multi-year partnership with Mistral AI, bridging the gap between pioneering research and real-world solutions.

"Today marks a significant milestone as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) announces a new Open Access policy, representing a departure from traditional practices. This policy will cease support for individual article publishing fees, known as APCs, and mandate the use of preprints while advocating for their review." So Bill Gates reformulates his old saying "banking is necessary, banks are not" for scholarly publishing.