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The Situation Report

Since May, teams on the ground in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been combating a rare strain of Ebolavirus called Bundibugyo (BDBV). Every day, relais communautaires knock on doors of homes, offer counsel, learn of recoveries and deaths, and refer anyone with suspicious symptoms to get care.

YouTube will let you make multiple personalized AI feeds.

This builds on the feature introduced in May which allows users to build a custom video feed based on AI prompt descriptions of your interests, moods, or favorite topics. The expansion means you can create and save more than one custom feed to your home screen, with YouTube saying it’ll be available for users in the US on web, mobile, and TVs “soon.”

YouTube is building AI creator tools that do almost everything for them

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YouTube will hunt for AI voice deepfakes that sound like creators.

YouTube is expanding its likeness detection tool to include not just facial matches, but vocal matches too. At the company’s Made on YouTube event on Wednesday, executives teased the upcoming expansion that will allow creators to monitor potential synthetic soundalikes posted to the platform.

Iran's president blames U.S., Israel for global instability in defiant UN speech

Pezeshkian began his address to the UN General Assembly in New York City by holding up photos of children he said were killed by U.S. and Israeli bombs.

Rethinking AI for a Complex Financial World

Why the next generation of financial infrastructure is not a chatbot bolted onto the rails, but an intelligent operating layer that runs the whole system

Prince Harry warns AI chatbots can be more dangerous than social media for the young

NEW YORK — Prince Harry warned Wednesday at the Clinton Global Initiative that artificial intelligence chatbots designed to provide companionship are even more dangerous to young people than social media.

“It doesn’t take a genius to say, 'slow it down'”: Bernie Sanders unveils bill to ban artificial superintelligence

Two leading progressive lawmakers, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar, are unveiling legislation Wednesday that would ban artificial superintelligence and create a federal agency to oversee advanced AI as some of the industry’s own leaders urge Congress to impose guardrails on the advancing technology.

UN General Assembly live: Iran’s president addresses leaders after Trump threatens ‘annihilation’

US delegation walks out as Masoud Pezeshkian delivers speech

Pornhub’s age checks probed by UK watchdog

Ofcom investigates whether adult site’s service provider meets its duty to protect children online

McKinsey: Cheaper AI models, bigger AI bills

Good morning. Intelligence is getting radically cheaper, but enterprise AI bills keep climbing anyway.

Ema raises $77M as AI starts eating into enterprise software and services

Ema has raised $140 million to date and has more than 50 enterprise customers, including Google and Microsoft.