Tootfinder

Sources: some NIST staff have threatened to resign over the expected appointment of an "effective altruist" AI researcher to the US AI Safety Institute (Sharon Goldman/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/n…

NIST staffers revolt against expected appointment of ‘effective altruist’ AI researcher to US AI Safety Institute
NIST faces turmoil as staff consider quitting over Paul Christiano's expected appointment to a role at the US AI Safety Institute, sources say.

What? The 5th Industrial Revolution is the rise of AI and the data... ????
AMLS = allAfrica Media Leaders Summit
#Africa #AMLS2024 #AI

Free and online, a generative AI course by the Harvard Kennedy School,
#AI

The Science and Implications of Generative AI
This is a collection of videos and course content from a Harvard Kennedy School course on generative AI. The course is designed to equip students with a solid introduction and understanding of how generative AI works, how to use it, and the larger opportunities and challenges it poses for society.

Good questions on AI from Verity Harding: 'We should be thinking: ‘What do we want and how do we use technology?’, not ‘What technology is coming that we just have to put up with’ ... Why aren’t we harnessing the incredible power of AI to help solve the climate crisis? Why do we act as if humanity is helpless to control something it’s actively inventing?'

ElevenLabs previews a music-generating AI model, showing samples of songs with lyrics generated from text prompts (Ken Yeung/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/elevenlabs-previews-music-generating-ai-model/

ElevenLabs previews music-generating AI model
AI voice startup ElevenLabs shows off early preview of its music-generating model, turning any prompt into song lyrics.

AI Act: Datenschützer wollen KI-Verordnung in Deutschland durchsetzen​
Binnen 12 Monaten nach Inkrafttreten der KI-Verordnung müssen die EU-Staaten nationale Aufsicht etablieren. Die Datenschutzbehörden wollen übernehmen.​

What fresh hell is this?
#ai #fediverse

AI Confidential: Yeah so @… and I are doing a thing online 27/3 Sydney time
AI Confidential is where we spill the tea on all things artificial intelligence in a chill, candid and Chatham House Rule online setting.

"It turns out that generative AI companies don’t like it when you steal, sorry, scrape, images from them. Cue the world’s smallest violin."
In Moment of Unbelievable Irony, Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft
https://www.themarysue.com/midjourney-accu

In Moment of Unbelievable Irony, Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft
The leopards are eating each others faces

The Biden-Harris administration required the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to establish the U.S. AI Safety Institute (USAISI), which would create rigorous standards to test models and ensure their safety for public use.
#ai #aiethics

(Aus dem Archiv des WRKSHP) Seit 1968 Schneider, #HalitYozgat, "#NSU" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/123

Thread by @zineworkshop: (Topologie:) Die Strasse ist u.a. Transportweg für Panzer von KMW und Achsen von Mercedes, die Ansage in der Tram nennt den Halit-Platz in E…
Thread by @zineworkshop: (Topologie:) Die Strasse ist u.a. Transportweg für Panzer von KMW und Achsen von Mercedes, die Ansage in der Tram neit-Platz in Erinnerung an #HalitYozgat, ermordet vom so genannten "NSU", nebenann ein Platz zu Ehren von Scheidem…

Dr Cornel West - 'A Jazz-soaked Philosophy for our Catastrophic Times: From Socrates to Coltrane'
A series of five lectures held at Edinburgh University between 6 May and 16 May 2024. Livestreamed 5 pm to 7 pm BDT/ 12 pm to 2 pm EDT.
https://w…

2023/2024: Dr Cornel West - 'A Jazz-soaked Philosophy for our Catastrophic Times: From Socrates to Coltrane'
The 2023-24 Gifford Lecture Series, entitled 'A Jazz-soaked Philosophy for our Catastrophic Times: From Socrates to Coltrane', will be given by Dr Cornel West, Professor of Philosophy & Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary of New York and independent US presidential candidate.

#KI ziert jede Sonntagsrede, aber woher kommen eigentlich die Menschen, die das alles aufbauen und wo gehen sie hin? Das zeigt die aktuelle Fassung des Global AI Talent Tracker:
https://macropolo.…

Humans outperform #AI in achieving major technical breakthrough in optimising matrix multiplication. 🙃

ElevenLabs previews a music-generating AI model, showing samples of songs with lyrics generated from text prompts (Ken Yeung/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/elevenlabs-previews-music-generating-ai-model/

ElevenLabs previews music-generating AI model
AI voice startup ElevenLabs shows off early preview of its music-generating model, turning any prompt into song lyrics.

Hey @… how do I know if your AI was illegally trained on my OSS code? And how do I ensure I don't violate anyone's copyright by using your #LLM autocomplete?

JetBrains AI Assistant 2024.1 Updates | The JetBrains Blog
In AI Assistant 2024.1, we’ve implemented improved test generation, full line code completion for Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, PHP, Go, and Ruby, and more!

#Comics by Bill Whitehead
#AI #Innovation

Pardon my cynicism, but sounds like a bigger times table. Notice they don't say it will lead to more accurate models.
Matrix multiplication breakthrough could lead to faster, more efficient #AI models | Ars Technica

Matrix multiplication breakthrough could lead to faster, more efficient AI models
At the heart of AI, matrix math has just seen its biggest boost "in more than a decade.”

Neue Deals: Big AI Tech zahlt Millionen für Trainingsdaten
Zwei Cent für ein Shutterstock Bild, sieben Dollar für eine Nacktaufnahme – die großen KI-Anbieter zahlen Millionen für Trainingsdaten.
https:…

Microsoft announces Microsoft AI London, a new hub for its consumer AI division led by former Inflection AI and DeepMind engineer Jordan Hoffmann (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/08/micr

Microsoft AI gets a new London hub fronted by former Inflection and Deepmind scientist Jordan Hoffmann | TechCrunch
Microsoft has unveiled a new London hub for its recently launched consumer AI division, fronted by an AI scientist poached from Inflection AI.

#Comics by Bill Whitehead
#AI #Innovation

#AlphaFold3 is here.
https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-deepmind-isomorphic-alphafold-3-ai-model/

AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of all of life’s molecules
Our new AI model AlphaFold 3 can predict the structure and interactions of all life’s molecules with unprecedented accuracy.

Just a few tickets left for Monday's event on 'The impact of AI in media & information industries' https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safeguarding-tomorrow-the-impact-of-ai-in-media-information-industries-tickets-81…

Zum sog. #NSU und der Aufklärung der Kriminalistik: https://masto.ai/@matzeschmidt/112229626789976317 und
"Der NSU-Komplex und das Oktoberfestattentat" mit Einschätzungen …

I was on the the Mike Farwell show speaking on the 'new' cell phone and vaping school restrictions in Ontario.
I discuss the 'oldness' of this existing policy as a precursor from 2019 and the Smoke-Free Ontario Act already prohibiting this.
There is little debate on restricting use. It is necessary but insufficient (at 35:45).

Tuesday April 30th 2024
The opening monologue (0:56); Waterloo company aims to bring bike subscription service to region (19:28): Cellphone use in schools should be restricted, not banned, educators say (35:19): Noteworthy Singers spring concert is this Saturday (53:38): Smile Cookie Campaign to support school nutrition and kids with special needs (1:02:28): How not to counter the radical right […]

An investigation into AdVon, the company behind Sports Illustrated's fake writers, finds its AI content and fake authors at the LA Times, Miami Herald, and more (Maggie Harrison/Futurism)
https://futurism.com/advon-ai-content

Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry
Our investigation into AdVon Commerce, the AI contractor at the heart of scandals at USA Today and Sports Illustrated.

Most Top News Sites Block AI Bots. Right-Wing Media Welcomes Them
"Nearly 90 percent of top news outlets like The New York Times now block AI data collection bots from OpenAI and others. Leading right-wing outlets like NewsMax and Breitbart mostly permit them."
https://www.

Most Top News Sites Block AI Bots. Right-Wing Media Welcomes Them
Nearly 90 percent of top news outlets like 'The New York Times' now block AI data collection bots from OpenAI and others. Leading right-wing outlets like NewsMax and Breitbart mostly permit them.

Google releases Gemini 1.5 Pro in public preview on Vertex AI, with support for up to 1M tokens, and says the model will power new features in Code Assist (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/googles-gemini-pro-1-…

Google's Gemini Pro 1.5 enters public preview on Vertex AI | TechCrunch
Its headlining feature is the amount of context that it can process: 1 million tokens, which is equivalent to around 700,000 words or around 30,000 lines of code.

#AlphaFold3 is here.
https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-deepmind-isomorphic-alphafold-3-ai-model/

AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of all of life’s molecules
Our new AI model AlphaFold 3 can predict the structure and interactions of all life’s molecules with unprecedented accuracy.

Is satire dead yet?
#AI #AIImages

Digital Marilyn, an interactive AI avatar of Marilyn Monroe that was created using GPT-3.5 and can answer questions in her voice and style, was unveiled at SXSW (Bruce Haring/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/ai-marily

AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave
A Digital Marilyn Monroe was showcased at SxSW in Austin, unveiling the next step in AI celebrity monetization.

OpenAI publishes Model Spec, which specifies how its models should behave, including objectives, rules, and default behaviors, and asks the public for feedback (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-posts-model-spec-rev…

OpenAI posts Model Spec revealing how it wants AI to behave
The Model Spec is structured around three main components: objectives, rules, and default behaviors, inviting the public to engage.

(Aus dem Archiv des WRKSHP) Das #TempelhoferFeld [In Berlin] wird nicht erst seit 2008 stadtlandschaftsverplant und von Architekturisten in Köpfen bebaut. "4.000.000 Quadratmeter Freifläche, Platz genug für all die wunderbaren... ht…

Thread by @zineworkshop: "Wiederholung: Nein, das ist nicht für alle in oder Hamburg oder Schwanitz. Das "Feld", auf dem der Freizeitbedarf der neu […]" #Tempelhof #Berlin #TempelhoferFeld #ThF
Thread by @zineworkshop: "Wiederholung: Nein, das ist nicht für alle in oder Hamburg oder Schwanitz. Das "Feld", auf dem der Freizeitbedarf duf politische Raumaneignung trifft, ist kein Festival. Die "Initiati […]" #Tempelhof #Berlin #TempelhoferFeld #ThF

Gnonnas Pedro – La journée de la Femme
https://amf.didiermary.fr/gnonnas-pedro-journee-la-femme/
8 mars, la journée de la femme (International Women’s Day), si bien chantée par Gnonnas Pedro.

Gnonnas Pedro - La journée de la Femme - African Music Forum
Gnonnas Pedro - La journée de la Femme - 8 mars, la journée de la Femme (International Women's Day), si bien chantée ici.

Intel says its next-gen Lunar Lake laptop chips will have 100 TOPS of performance in AI tasks and elements of Microsoft's Copilot will soon run locally on PCs (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.…

Intel says Lunar Lake will have 100+ TOPS of AI performance — 45 TOPS from the NPU alone meets requirement for next-gen AI PCs
45 TOPS for next-gen AI PCs? Check.

Played around a little with the improved #AI

Suno AI
We are building a future where anyone can make great music. No instrument needed, just imagination. From your mind to music.

Klimatisch wäre der Februar auch für einen März zu warm gewesen. Der "Prei[s] für Natur(ressourcen)" und den #Klimawandel "muss daher sozial umgelegt werden oder wieder eingepreist werden." Ein älterer Thread aus damals Twitter:

Thread by @zineworkshop on Thread Reader App
Thread by @zineworkshop: Der neue industrielle Schub zur Absicherung a) der Kapitalverwertung und b) der dafür nötigen Naturressourcen inklusive Recyclingstoffe wird auf einen »Mikroöko Census« hinauslaufen. Das in...…

Here's Mimi, born 4 weeks ago.
He just started exploring the world around him, but Mama is around and scolds him a lot!
#Cats #Kitten #CatsOfMastodon

Spotify launches AI Playlist in beta for its Premium users in the UK and Australia, letting users generate playlists using a text prompt (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/07/spotify-launches-personaliz…

Spotify launches personalized AI playlists that you can build using prompts | TechCrunch
AI playlists will initially become available to users on Android and iOS devices in the U.K. and Australia and will be iterated on in the months ahead.

RunPod, which offers a globally distributed GPU cloud platform for developing and deploying AI, raised a $20M seed co-led by Intel Capital and Dell Technologies (James Thomason/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/exclusive-r

Exclusive: RunPod secures $20M from Dell and Intel as demand soars for AI clouds
RunPod’s platform attracts over 100,000 developers with focus on iteration speed and ease of use.

#AI and #Africa
Experts say supportive policies and robust infrastructure key for tech opportunities
https://www.<…

Artificial intelligence and Africa

This was a #photography of a bunch of roses labeled #InternationalWomenDay

Red Hat announces RHEL AI, a platform for developing and running open source LLMs, and InstructLab, a community project to let experts enhance AI models (Bryson Masse/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/red-hat-unveils-rhel-ai-a…

Red Hat unveils RHEL AI and InstructLab to democratize enterprise AI
With RHEL AI and InstructLab, Red Hat aims to do for AI what it did for Linux and Kubernetes - make powerful tech accessible to a broad...

Need coffee...
#CoffeeTime #Coffee

Dies war die #Fotografie eines Rosenstrauchs mit dem Label #InternationalerFrauentag

Red Hat announces RHEL AI, a platform for developing and running open source LLMs, and InstructLab, a community project to let experts enhance AI models (Bryson Masse/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/red-hat-unveils-rhel-ai-a…

Red Hat unveils RHEL AI and InstructLab to democratize enterprise AI
With RHEL AI and InstructLab, Red Hat aims to do for AI what it did for Linux and Kubernetes - make powerful tech accessible to a broad...

I surrender!
#Cats #Caturday

This once was a #photography of German air force general #IngoGerhartz telling about war aims in Russia

An investigation into AdVon, the company behind Sports Illustrated's fake writers, finds its AI content and fake authors at the LA Times, Miami Herald, and more (Maggie Harrison/Futurism)
https://futurism.com/advon-ai-content

Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry
Our investigation into AdVon Commerce, the AI contractor at the heart of scandals at USA Today and Sports Illustrated.

Cup of coffee: large or small?
#Coffee

Cup of coffee: large or small? - Didier J. MARY (blog)
Coffee cup, large or small? Un design simple et élégant pour ce verre/tasse à pied inversable, selon la quantité de café désirée...

Mumbai-based Neysa, which offers a suite of generative AI tools to help clients manage their AI projects, raised a $20M seed led by Matrix, Nexus, and NTTVC (Jessica Rajan/The Economic Times)
https://economicti…

AI SaaS cloud platform Neysa bags $20 million from Matrix Partners India, others
Neysa, a Mumbai-based artificial intelligence (AI) cloud and platform-as-a-service startup, will utilise the fresh capital for expanding infrastructure required for strengthening its research and development team, and for sales and marketing.

This was a #photography showing young and smart and "sexy" women discussing shocking #sexism in London according to the BBC

By Lemony Snicket
#Quotes

Digital Marilyn, an interactive AI avatar of Marilyn Monroe that was created using GPT-3.5 and can answer questions in her voice and style, was unveiled at SXSW (Bruce Haring/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/ai-marily

AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave
A Digital Marilyn Monroe was showcased at SxSW in Austin, unveiling the next step in AI celebrity monetization.

Unidentified Gibson Harp-Guitar player.
More info: #Blues

Dies war die #Fotografie der Seite 9 aus der kritischen Textreihe zu Künstlicher Intelligenz von #capulcu auf der steht, wie KI einen vermutlich neuen Schritt zur Sicherung der Akkumulation darstellt

Digital Marilyn, an interactive AI avatar of Marilyn Monroe that was created using GPT-3.5 and can answer questions in her voice and style, was unveiled at SXSW (Bruce Haring/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/ai-marily

AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave
A Digital Marilyn Monroe was showcased at SxSW in Austin, unveiling the next step in AI celebrity monetization.

Dies war die #Fotografie der Seite 9 aus der kritischen Textreihe zu Künstlicher Intelligenz von #capulcu auf der steht, wie KI einen vermutlich neuen Schritt zur Sicherung der Akkumulation darstellt

Good try!
#CalvinAndHobbes

Gasper Nali and his “Babatoni”
https://amf.didiermary.fr/gasper-nali-babatoni/
Gasper Nali, a one-man-band, plays a Babatoni – a 3 meter, one-stringed, home-made bass guitar – with an empty bottle and a stick and makes the most beautiful and catchy original afro-b…

Gasper Nali and his "Babatoni" - African Music Forum
Gasper Nali is a one-man-band from Malawi, who makes the most beautiful and catchy original afro-beats possible.

This was an even better #photography showing young and smart and "sexy" women discussing shocking #sexism in London according to the BBC

eBay adds an AI-powered "shop the look" feature to its iOS app, with personalized recommendations for users that have viewed 10 fashion items in six months (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/ebay-ad…

eBay adds an AI-powered 'shop the look' feature to its iOS app | TechCrunch
EBay on Tuesday launched a new generative AI-powered feature to appeal to fashion enthusiasts: a "shop the look" section within its iOS mobile app that

Madalitso Band – Moyo Wa Lelo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/madalitso-band-moyo-wa-lelo/
Intuitive, authentic, and full of ruthless rhythms, Madalitso Band will make you clap, dance, smile, and rethink everything you thought you knew about African sound and ins…

Madalitso Band - Moyo Wa Lelo - African Music Forum
Madalitso Band - Moyo Wa Lelo - will make you clap, dance, smile, and rethink everything you thought you knew about African sound...

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian unveils AI updates: corporate Gemini users can "ground" responses in reliable sources, Search as a Gemini answer source, and more (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Google Shows AI Model Is Enterprise-Ready After Gemini Mishaps
The company unveiled updates to its AI offerings at its annual cloud conference

Deep Roots Malawi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/deep-roots-malawi-documentary-2012/
De plus en plus d’initiatives, commerciales, équitables ou purement associatives, apparaissent pour “sauver” les cultures africaines, qu’elles se consacrent Š l’art, la l…

Deep Roots Malawi - African Music Forum
Deep Roots Malawi - Documentaire qui raconte l’histoire de la musique au Malawi et présente la scène contemporaine et son environnement.

Amaka Jaji – Tidet
https://amf.didiermary.fr/amaka-jaji-tidet/
The Tuareg musician and photographer Amaka Jaji, born in Ghat, an oasis in the Libyan south and based in Tunis, fuses tradition with modern sounds in his debut album “TIDET” (truth).

Amaka Jaji - Tidet - African Music Forum
Amaka Jaji - Tidet - The Tuareg musician, born in Ghat and based in Tunis, fuses tradition with modern sounds in his debut album.

In London, Meta execs downplayed the negative impact of AI on elections, touted open-source AI, and confirmed Llama's next version will arrive by next month (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Meta Leaders Say They’re Not Seeing AI Election Disinformation
Meta Platforms Inc. is under immense pressure to ensure that social media content created by artificial intelligence doesn’t cause havoc with elections this year. The company’s top leaders say they haven’t seen that happen yet on their services.

Zomba Prison Project – I Have No Everything Here
https://amf.didiermary.fr/zomba-prison-project-i-have-no-everything-here/
In the summer of 2013, Grammy-winning producer, Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, TV on the Radio) and…

Zomba Prison Project - I Have No Everything Here - African Music Forum
Zomba Prison Project - I Have No Everything Here - A documentary and record of the music by prisoners at the maximum security prison in Zomba

Quora-owned AI chatbot platform Poe now allows bot creators to set a per-message price for their bots and rolls out enhanced analytics dashboard for creators (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/poe-intr…

Poe introduces a price-per-message revenue model for AI bot creators | TechCrunch
Bot creators now have a new way to make money with Poe, the Quora-owned AI chatbot platform. On Monday, the company introduced a revenue model that allows

Madalitso Band – Vina Vina Malawi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/madalitso-band-vina-vina-malawi/
The traditional duo from Malawi [below in the song “Vina Vina Malawi”], who in the last year have been featured on BBC Africa, and performed at such festivals a…

Madalitso Band - Vina Vina Malawi - African Music Forum
Madalitso Band - Vina Vina Malawi - A traditional duo from Malawi, discovered busking outside a shopping centre in Lilongwe in 2009.

Samsung Electronics' medical device unit Samsung Medison plans to acquire Paris-based Sonio, which makes AI-powered ultrasound workflows software, for ~$92.7M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/07/sams

Samsung Medison to aqcuire French AI ultrasound startup Sonio for $92.7M | TechCrunch
The French startup's AI assistant is aimed at helping obstetricians and gynecologists with the evaluation and documentation of ultrasound exams.

Miles Davis – The Doo-Bop Song
https://www.didiermary.fr/miles-davis-doo-bop-song/
Doo-Bop est le dernier album enregistré en studio par Miles Davis avec le producteur de HipHop Easy Mo Bee et sorti après son décès.
Très peu apprécié par les critiques mu…

Miles Davis - The Doo-Bop Song - Didier J. MARY (blog)
Doo-Bop est le dernier album enregistré en studio par Miles Davis avec le producteur de HipHop Easy Mo Bee et sorti après son décès.

Intel debuts its Gaudi 3 AI chips, set for Q3 mass production, saying they offer up to 1.7x the training performance and 40% better efficiency than Nvidia H100s (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.t…

Intel details Guadi 3 at Vision 2024 — new AI accelerator sampling to partners now, volume production in Q3
Intel announced its new Gaudi 3 AI processors at its Vision 2024 event, claiming they offer up to 1.7X the training performance, 50% better inference, and 40% better efficiency than Nvidia’s market-leading H100 processors, but for significantly less money.

Madalitso Band – Ndalakwanji
https://amf.didiermary.fr/madalitso-band-ndalakwanji/
The song/single Ndalakwanji was released in 2020 by the duo Madalitso Band. It means ‘What have I done wrongly?’
“There are challenges everywhere, prices have gone up, t…

Madalitso Band - Ndalakwanji - African Music Forum
Madalitso Band - Ndalakwanji - 1 of the first tracks the duo wrote together that captures their sound in its rawest form!

Filing: chipmaker Astera Labs, which offers cloud and AI connectivity hardware, plans to raise as much as $534M in its US IPO (Phil Serafino/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-08/intel-backed-as…

Intel-Backed Astera Seeks $534 Million in IPO Amid AI Frenzy
Astera Labs Inc. plans to raise as much as $534 million in an initial public offering as the Intel Corp.-backed semiconductor connectivity company seeks to tap investor demand for artificial intelligence plays.

Roots of Rhythm
https://amf.didiermary.fr/roots-rhythm-documentary-latin-music/
Hosted by Harry Belafonte, this 3-part documentary traces the Roots of Rhythm, the musical form that is known as Latin music.
Featuring performances by some of th…

Roots of Rhythm - African Music Forum
Hosted by Harry Belafonte, this 3-part documentary traces the Roots of Rhythm, the musical form that is known as Latin music.

Mongo Santamaria – Afro Blue (1984)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mongo-santamaria-afro-blue-1984/
Mongo Santamaria recorded his composition “Afro Blue” in 1959 when playing with the Cal Tjader Sextet.
The first recorded performance was on April 20, 1…

Mongo Santamaria - Afro Blue (1984) - African Music Forum
Mongo Santamaria - Afro Blue (1984) - Global

Google announces Vids, an app to help companies and consumers make collaborative, shareable video, powered by Gemini, launching in public beta in summer 2024 (David Pierce/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/9/24124168/google-vids-video-ai-work…

Google Vids is the latest AI-powered app in Workspace
The new Vids app joins Slides, Sheets, and Docs as Google’s apps for work, as Google tries to embrace an increasingly video-first way of communicating at work.

Sushi towels by Jenny Pokryvailo
"These kitchen towels featuring very specific colored patterns inspired by sushi ingredients, so that when properly rolled step by step you can easily create different styles of sushi rolls in your kitchen. The sushi towels designed in a variety of different flavors (colors) to choose from and can be rolled as a regular Maki or as an inside out Maki."

Sushi Towels
These kitchen towels are woven with the aesthetic patterns of sushi ingredients. By rolling the towel step by step you can easily create your own sushi in your kitchen.

Al Bilali Soudan – Djaba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/al-bilali-soudan-djaba/
Al Bilali Soudan are griots from the Tombouctou (Timbuktu) region of Mali. This is a family orchestra of fathers and sons, uncles and cousins, led by Abellow Yattara, a master of the teha…

Al Bilali Soudan - Djaba - African Music Forum
Al Bilali Soudan - Djaba -

International Sweethearts of Rhythm
https://www.didiermary.fr/international-sweethearts-of-rhythm/
L’International Sweethearts of Rhythm est un big band féminin formé aux États-Unis en 1937 et le premier orchestre féminin Š mettre en pratique la dés…

International Sweethearts of Rhythm - Didier J. MARY (blog)
L'International Sweethearts of Rhythm, big band féminin formé en 1937 est le premier orchestre féminin à mettre en pratique la déségrégation.

Aratan N’Akalle – Bariz
https://amf.didiermary.fr/aratan-nakalle-bariz/
After fleeing the crisis in North Mali, Aratan N’Akalle (“children of the country”) met in refugee camps in 2012. “Bariz” is a perfect image of the group’s work: a drop of Tamasheq culture whi…

Aratan N'Akalle - Bariz - African Music Forum
Aratan N'Akalle - Bariz - Global

Indian political parties BJP and Congress have created and shared AI-crafted political content on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, without explicit disclosures (Nilesh Christopher/Al Jazeera)
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/3/8

AI meme wars hit India election campaign, testing social platforms
Political parties are pushing the limits of AI’s use to both ridicule opponents and boost their own popularity.

Boubacar Traoré – Duna Ma Yelema
https://amf.didiermary.fr/boubacar-traore-duna-ma-yelema/
Boubacar Traoré (born 1942 in Kayes, Mali), also known as “Kar Kar“, is a Malian singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Duna Ma Yelema (The World Has Not Changed)…

Boubacar Traoré - Duna Ma Yelema - African Music Forum
Boubacar Traoré - Duna Ma Yelema - Global

“I would therefore like to propose that the African Development Bank, Africa Import-Export Bank, and all regional financial institutions pull resources to support the emergence of a globally respected African media company that will position the news of Africa to the world.
#Africa must shape its own narrative, and not depend on what others think about it or the perspectives they prefer to share ab…

Sources: French AI startup Mistral AI is nearing a deal to raise ~$600M at a $6B valuation, after raising $500M at a $2B valuation in December 2023 (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/te…

DatologyAI, which aims to help researchers better curate AI training datasets, raised a $46M Series A led by Felicis, after a $11.65M seed in February 2024 (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
https://www.theinformati…

Ex-DeepMind and Meta AI Researcher Raises Nearly $50 Million To Help Developers With LLMs’ Secret Sauce
For all that’s leaked about the sizes and architectures of the advanced large language models developed by OpenAI and its ilk, we still don’t know what data they were trained on.A pessimist might say that’s because of the numerous lawsuits LLM developers would face if the amount of copyrighted ...

Enterprise data security startup Cyera raised a $300M Series C led by Coatue at a $1.4B valuation, taking its funding to $460M, after a $100M Series B in 2023 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/ai-d

AI data security startup Cyera confirms $300M raise at a $1.4B valuation | TechCrunch
Artificial intelligence continues to be the biggest threat but also the biggest promise in the world of cybersecurity. Today, one of the startups tackling

From the vault: 2018
MIT Technology Review confirmed (2018) what most people already know... Luck [I should add, a good network (but probably goes hand in hand)] is the main factor...
https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/03/0

Microsoft plans to invest $2.9B in data centers in Japan by 2025, its biggest investment in the country, and will add advanced AI chips at two existing sites (Naoki Watanabe/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Compa…

Microsoft to invest $2.9bn in Japan data centers amid AI boom
Move comes in response to push for 'data sovereignty' among governments

There's unfortunately no video record of a fabled exchange between Joe Pyne (talk show host) and Frank Zappa.
According to Pyne lore, he invited his audience to “Say hello to a musician—and I use that term loosely—representing a rock ’n’ roll band known as the Mothers of Invention.”
Zappa, 24, nodded to the booing crowd.
Pyne looked him over and said, “I guess your long hair makes you a woman.”
Zappa shrugged. “I guess your wooden leg makes you a table.”

Some Singaporean writers are resisting their government's request to use their works to train a multilingual LLM, citing little clarity on compensation and more (Nicholas Yong/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2024/singapore-writers-reject-ai-training/<…

Writers and publishers in Singapore reject a government plan to train AI on their work
Singapore's literary community is pushing back against an official effort to train LLMs using their published works, part of a growing global resistance.

How to Make Google Show You the Good Search Results Again
There’s a hidden setting that makes searches more precise: the "Verbatim" option
https://lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-get-more-accurate-google-search-results

How to Make Google Show You the Good Search Results Again
Off-target search results are getting more and more common, and we can only lay part of the blame on the results being cluttered with AI-generated junk and human-generated SEO-bait. I don’t have a fix for what people (and bots) are writing, nor can I reach into Google’s ranking algorithm and shuffle the pages around. But I can tell you how to get Google to actually search for the thing you typed in.

India approves a ~$1.25B investment in AI projects over five years, including for optimizing compute infrastructure, LLM development, and education in AI (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiati…

Cabinet approves 'India AI Mission' with an outlay of Rs 10,371.92 cr for five years
The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 10,371.92 crore 'India AI mission' for five years to promote Artificial Intelligence in India. The mission aims to establish a comprehensive ecosystem for AI innovation, democratize computing access, improve data quality, develop indigenous AI capabilities, attract top talent, enable industry collaboration, provide startup risk capital, ensure socially impactful AI projects, and bolster ethical AI.

Why is Ghana so hot this year? An expert explains
#Ghana

Why is Ghana so hot this year? An expert explains
Ghana is experiencing record high temperatures and rainfall patterns have become inconsistent.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says the country plans to invest ~$7B in AI by 2027, and will create a separate ~$1B fund to foster AI chip companies (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/south-korea-invest-7-bln-ai-bid-…

The playlist "Femme Fatale" by AfroWave celebrates the impactful contributions of African women to the music scene.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46E72kWxaxa8wbatFy0gGE
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AfroWave XVIII: Femme Fatale
AfroWave XVIII: Femme Fatale · Playlist · 54 songs · 4 likes

100 STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR SOLO
#Guitar

DR. MARTENS X THE CLASH are so cool...
#Punk

DR. MARTENS X THE CLASH are so cool...
#Punk