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China, which dominates the global drone industry, has sharply tightened its drone use rules, as some users say they are hindering routine and lawful flights (Joy Dong/New York Times)

Joy Dong / New York Times : China, which dominates the global drone industry, has sharply tightened its drone use rules, as some users say they are hindering routine and lawful flights   —  The Chinese government tightened rules to curb what it described as illegal drone use, but some users say the changes are now restricting too many flights. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/p6fIRzr via IFTTT
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A deep dive into China's efforts to integrate AI into K-12 education to reduce teacher workloads, improve rural schools, and help students with disabilities (Lily Ottinger/ChinaTalk)

Lily Ottinger / ChinaTalk : A deep dive into China's efforts to integrate AI into K-12 education to reduce teacher workloads, improve rural schools, and help students with disabilities   —  a deep dive  —  Pilot schools in China are already using AI to grade children's artwork, monitor their facial expressions during lectures … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/7dEFh5a via IFTTT

Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices (Gary Marcus/Marcus on AI)

Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI : Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices   —  AI isn't the only thing behind Medvi  —  On Thursday, The New York Times published a thing  —  and it went viral, declared as a victory for AI: from Techmeme https://ift.tt/DoEqnwg via IFTTT

Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)

Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit   —  Attackers posed as a trading firm, met Drift contributors in person across multiple countries, deposited $1 million of their own capital … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/wQ5oGsZ via IFTTT

How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)

Munsif Vengattil / Reuters : How India's film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the tech to cut production time and costs, while union rules constrain its use in Hollywood   —  India's studios are transforming filmmaking by using AI to slash production time, cut costs and dub movies into numerous languages. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/hndHwer via IFTTT

Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details "cognitive surrender", where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica : Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details “cognitive surrender”, where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning   —  When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/ciydBn0 via IFTTT

VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024 (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)

Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal : VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024   —  Venture capitalists are stepping in to cover expenses like rent while dropouts from Harvard to Stanford chase their startup dreams from Techmeme https://ift.tt/9aK3B4Y via IFTTT