White House taps Mississippi State to join regional AI partnership
Mississippi State University is one of 8 schools leading discussions and research into AI across the Southeast.
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AI Around the World — what each story says
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🇺🇸 United States3
Political Candidates Spending An Obscene Amount of Money on AI-Generated Election Slop
Nearly a quarter of all election spending on Midterm political ads has gone toward AI-generated content so far.
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- AI and job loss are top of mind in Sacramento's 7th Congressional Districtcapradio.org · 10/19 23:30 UTC
🇪🇺 Europe4
‘Open your doors for AI’: German chancellor urges businesses to embrace AI as Nvidia announces new investments
Nvidia announced planned investments in four German startups. Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged businesses to embrace AI at an industry summit in Berlin.
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- Germany's Merz urges AI investment ahead of Nvidia dealReuters · 10/19 21:11 UTC
- Nvidia chief makes surprising prediction about AI replacing human industryYahoo Finance UK · 10/20 07:33 UTC
- Nvidia CEO urges German manufacturers to adopt AI, saying digital tech won’t replace heavy industryEstes Park Trail-Gazette · 10/20 03:22 UTC
🇮🇳 India and South Asia2
Agrograde introduces autonomous AI-powered optical sorting tech for arecanut industry
Agrograde, a physical AI startup building technologies that make fresh produce packhouses autonomous, has introduced India’s first AI-powered optical sorting system developed specifically for arecanut. The first commercial deployment was installed at Vikas Traders in Mangalore, Karnataka.
Read the original →Karnataka’s ElevenLabs Partnership Irks Indian Voice AI Startups
Indian voice AI startups worry that giving a formal entry to ElevenLabs and Anthropic could deprive domestic companies of any credibility.
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- Workato’s Singapore AI Lab Marks One Year of Homegrown Talent Powering Global InnovationBusiness Wire · 10/20 03:00 UTC
🇰🇷 Korea and Taiwan2
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- Kisoo Kim, Korea AI & System IC Innovation Center (K-ASIC)Investment Reports · 10/19 15:42 UTC
- Silicon Valley Investors Urge Taiwan Startups to Find Niches as AI Competition IntensifiesStreetInsider · 10/20 01:43 UTC
🕌 Middle East1
‘The user is hacking himself’: How AI exposes Israel’s political inner circles - analysis
The Urich leak raises concerns about AI-assisted programming, third-party messaging services, and the potential for personal accounts to expose sensitive political communications.
Read the original →🌎 Africa and Latin America4
Telefónica group steps up AI investments in Brazil
Vivo Ventures, the group's Brazilian VC fund, backed Squad.com, Inner AI's AI agent platform for SMEs. Inner AI is valued at more than US$98.9mn, according to the report.
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- Brazil's Alice raises $40M Series D to rebuild its health plan around AIDealroom · 10/19 19:05 UTC
- Brazil to train AI to predict forest fires and protect forestsTV BRICS · 10/19 20:48 UTC
- Egypt's Tactful AI Secures Investment From Former E& CEO Ahead Of 2027 Series ATech Build Africa · 10/19 16:01 UTC
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