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Sundar Pichai received a sharp reception at Stanford's graduation ceremony this week, where boos and a walkout greeted the Google chief executive over the company's contracts with Israel and immigration enforcement agencies. It's a reminder that AI's most contested battles are increasingly being fought in public squares, not server rooms.
Shifting to the science of prediction, the Allen Institute for AI has released ACE two S, a climate simulation model capable of modeling atmospheric variability across timescales ranging from days all the way out to centuries. Built on top of existing weather modeling infrastructure, it represents a serious attempt to bring machine learning into long-range climate science at meaningful resolution.
And as the World Cup approaches, a new report is raising alarms about the cybersecurity risks surrounding major sporting events. Researchers found a dramatic surge in attacks targeting professional sports organizations, with AI being used to amplify both the speed and sophistication of those threats. The scale of the event makes it an irresistible target, and security teams are already under pressure.
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