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As China’s DeepSeek threatens to dismantle Silicon Valley’s AI monopoly, the OpenEuroLLM has launched an alternative to tech’s global order.
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OpenEuroLLM: European AI alliance unveils LLM alternative to Silicon Valley and DeepSeek
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A European alliance has emerged with an alternative to tech’s global order.
They call their project OpenEuroLLM. Like DeepSeek, they aim to develop next-generation open-source language models — but their agenda is very different. Their mission: forging European AI that will foster digital leaders and impactful public services across the continent.
To support these objectives, OpenEuroLLM is building a family of high-performing, multilingual large language foundation models. The models will be available for commercial, industrial, and public services.
Over 20 leading European research institutions, companies, and high-performance computing (HPC) centres have enlisted in the the project. Leading their alliance is Jan Hajič, a renowned computational linguist at Charle
OpenEuroLLM: European AI alliance unveils LLM alternative to Silicon Valley and DeepSeek
thenextweb.com European AI allies unveils LLM alternative to Big Tech, DeepSeek
As China’s DeepSeek threatens to dismantle Silicon Valley’s AI monopoly, the OpenEuroLLM has launched an alternative to tech’s global order.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/17978607
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A European alliance has emerged with an alternative to tech’s global order.
They call their project OpenEuroLLM. Like DeepSeek, they aim to develop next-generation open-source language models — but their agenda is very different. Their mission: forging European AI that will foster digital leaders and impactful public services across the continent.
To support these objectives, OpenEuroLLM is building a family of high-performing, multilingual large language foundation models. The models will be available for commercial, industrial, and public services.
Over 20 leading European research institutions, companies, and high-performance computing (HPC) centres have enlisted in the the project. Leading their alliance is Jan Hajič, a renowned computational linguist at Charle
OpenEuroLLM: European AI alliance unveils LLM alternative to Silicon Valley and DeepSeek
thenextweb.com European AI allies unveils LLM alternative to Big Tech, DeepSeek
As China’s DeepSeek threatens to dismantle Silicon Valley’s AI monopoly, the OpenEuroLLM has launched an alternative to tech’s global order.
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A European alliance has emerged with an alternative to tech’s global order.
They call their project OpenEuroLLM. Like DeepSeek, they aim to develop next-generation open-source language models — but their agenda is very different. Their mission: forging European AI that will foster digital leaders and impactful public services across the continent.
To support these objectives, OpenEuroLLM is building a family of high-performing, multilingual large language foundation models. The models will be available for commercial, industrial, and public services.
Over 20 leading European research institutions, companies, and high-performance computing (HPC) centres have enlisted in the the project. Leading their alliance is Jan Hajič, a renowned computational linguist at Charles University, Czechia, and Peter Sarlin, the co-founder of Silo AI, Europe’s
Algorithmic manipulation? TikTok use predicts positive views of China’s human rights record
www.psypost.org Algorithmic manipulation? TikTok use predicts positive views of China's human rights record
New research shows TikTok users encounter less content critical of China and more content aligned with pro-CCP narratives compared to other platforms. Heavy TikTok users also report more favorable views of China’s human rights record.
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A new study published in Frontiers in Social Psychology suggests that the popular social media platform TikTok may be manipulated to conceal content critical of the Chinese government while amplifying narratives aligned with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The research, which involved three separate studies, found that TikTok users were exposed to significantly less content critical of China compared to users of other platforms like Instagram and YouTube. Additionally, the study found that heavier TikTok users tended to have more positive views of China’s human rights record and were more likely to consider China a desirable travel destination.
Authoritarian regimes such as those in Russia and Iran have increasingly used social media to manipul
Algorithmic manipulation? TikTok use predicts positive views of China’s human rights record
www.psypost.org Algorithmic manipulation? TikTok use predicts positive views of China's human rights record
New research shows TikTok users encounter less content critical of China and more content aligned with pro-CCP narratives compared to other platforms. Heavy TikTok users also report more favorable views of China’s human rights record.
A new study published in Frontiers in Social Psychology suggests that the popular social media platform TikTok may be manipulated to conceal content critical of the Chinese government while amplifying narratives aligned with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The research, which involved three separate studies, found that TikTok users were exposed to significantly less content critical of China compared to users of other platforms like Instagram and YouTube. Additionally, the study found that heavier TikTok users tended to have more positive views of China’s human rights record and were more likely to consider China a desirable travel destination.
Authoritarian regimes such as those in Russia and Iran have increasingly used social media to manipulate information and advance their strategic interests. China, in partic
Researchers say they had a ‘100% attack success rate’ on jailbreak attempts against Chinese AI DeepSeek
blogs.cisco.com Evaluating Security Risk in DeepSeek and Other Frontier Reasoning Models
The performance of DeepSeek models has made a clear impact, but are these models safe and secure? We use algorithmic AI vulnerability testing to find out.
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Researchers claim they had a ‘100% attack success rate’ on jailbreak attempts against Chinese AI DeepSeek
"DeepSeek R1 was purportedly trained with a fraction of the budgets that other frontier model providers spend on developing their models. However, it comes at a different cost: safety and security," researchers say.
A research team at Cisco managed to jailbreak DeepSeek R1 with a 100% attack success rate. This means that there was not a single prompt from the HarmBench set that did not obtain an affirmative answer from DeepSeek R1. This is in contrast to other frontier models, such as o1, which blocks a majority of adversarial attacks with its model guardrails.
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In other related news, experts are cited by CNBC that [DeepSeek’s privacy pol
Researchers say they had a ‘100% attack success rate’ on jailbreak attempts against Chinese AI DeepSeek
blogs.cisco.com Evaluating Security Risk in DeepSeek and Other Frontier Reasoning Models
The performance of DeepSeek models has made a clear impact, but are these models safe and secure? We use algorithmic AI vulnerability testing to find out.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/28910537
Researchers claim they had a ‘100% attack success rate’ on jailbreak attempts against Chinese AI DeepSeek
"DeepSeek R1 was purportedly trained with a fraction of the budgets that other frontier model providers spend on developing their models. However, it comes at a different cost: safety and security," researchers say.
A research team at Cisco managed to jailbreak DeepSeek R1 with a 100% attack success rate. This means that there was not a single prompt from the HarmBench set that did not obtain an affirmative answer from DeepSeek R1. This is in contrast to other frontier models, such as o1, which blocks a majority of adversarial attacks with its model guardrails.
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In other related news, experts are cited by CNBC that [DeepSeek’s privacy pol
Researchers say they had a ‘100% attack success rate’ on jailbreak attempts against Chinese AI DeepSeek
blogs.cisco.com Evaluating Security Risk in DeepSeek and Other Frontier Reasoning Models
The performance of DeepSeek models has made a clear impact, but are these models safe and secure? We use algorithmic AI vulnerability testing to find out.
Researchers claim they had a ‘100% attack success rate’ on jailbreak attempts against Chinese AI DeepSeek
"DeepSeek R1 was purportedly trained with a fraction of the budgets that other frontier model providers spend on developing their models. However, it comes at a different cost: safety and security," researchers say.
A research team at Cisco managed to jailbreak DeepSeek R1 with a 100% attack success rate. This means that there was not a single prompt from the HarmBench set that did not obtain an affirmative answer from DeepSeek R1. This is in contrast to other frontier models, such as o1, which blocks a majority of adversarial attacks with its model guardrails.
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In other related news, experts are cited by CNBC that [DeepSeek’s privacy policy “isn’t worth the paper it is written on."](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/02/
www.counterpunch.org Modern Slavery Exists – and Must be Eradicated
The idea of slavery in modern times is a foreign concept for most Westerners. Of course, the Black Lives Matter movement was built on the continuing
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According to the Global Slavery Index (2023), over 50 million people are forced to live in conditions of modern slavery.
India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Indonesia have high numbers of people forced into modern slavery, mainly due to the large populations and economic disparities in these countries.
Much of the modern slavery there occurs in industries such as textiles, agriculture, manufacturing, and construction. For example, garment factories and brick kilns are known to exploit workers, forcing them to work long hours for low pay.
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www.counterpunch.org Modern Slavery Exists – and Must be Eradicated
The idea of slavery in modern times is a foreign concept for most Westerners. Of course, the Black Lives Matter movement was built on the continuing
cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/1866754
According to the Global Slavery Index (2023), over 50 million people are forced to live in conditions of modern slavery.
India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Indonesia have high numbers of people forced into modern slavery, mainly due to the large populations and economic disparities in these countries.
Much of the modern slavery there occurs in industries such as textiles, agriculture, manufacturing, and construction. For example, garment factories and brick kilns are known to exploit workers, forcing them to work long hours for low pay.
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www.counterpunch.org Modern Slavery Exists – and Must be Eradicated
The idea of slavery in modern times is a foreign concept for most Westerners. Of course, the Black Lives Matter movement was built on the continuing
According to the Global Slavery Index (2023), over 50 million people are forced to live in conditions of modern slavery.
India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Indonesia have high numbers of people forced into modern slavery, mainly due to the large populations and economic disparities in these countries.
Much of the modern slavery there occurs in industries such as textiles, agriculture, manufacturing, and construction. For example, garment factories and brick kilns are known to exploit workers, forcing them to work long hours for low pay.
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"Pulling children into the system:' The Kremlin is bringing its patriotic lesson series to Russia’s youngest students — kindergartners
meduza.io ‘Pulling children into the system’ The Kremlin is bringing its patriotic lesson series to Russia’s youngest students — kindergartners — Meduza
The fall after the Kremlin launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, schools across Russia introduced a new state-designed “patriotic” lesson series called “Important Conversations.” Now, the program is expanding to some of the youngest members of society — kindergartners. Officials in the Vologd...
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The fall after the Kremlin launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, schools across Russia introduced a new state-designed “patriotic” lesson series called “Important Conversations.” Now, the program is expanding to some of the youngest members of society — kindergartners. Officials in the Vologda region are piloting the new initiative. At some of the first lessons, teachers dressed children in uniforms, gave them toy guns, pretended to bandage their arms, led a moment of silence, and played patriotic music.
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In October 2024, President Vladimir Putin met with Russian educators, including Nadezhda Vorontsova, a kindergarten teacher from Vologda and a finalist in the “Teacher of the Year” competition. It was Vorontsova who suggested expanding “Important Conversations” to kindergarten. Putin supp
"Pulling children into the system’ The Kremlin is bringing its patriotic lesson series to Russia’s youngest students — kindergartners
meduza.io ‘Pulling children into the system’ The Kremlin is bringing its patriotic lesson series to Russia’s youngest students — kindergartners — Meduza
The fall after the Kremlin launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, schools across Russia introduced a new state-designed “patriotic” lesson series called “Important Conversations.” Now, the program is expanding to some of the youngest members of society — kindergartners. Officials in the Vologd...
The fall after the Kremlin launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, schools across Russia introduced a new state-designed “patriotic” lesson series called “Important Conversations.” Now, the program is expanding to some of the youngest members of society — kindergartners. Officials in the Vologda region are piloting the new initiative. At some of the first lessons, teachers dressed children in uniforms, gave them toy guns, pretended to bandage their arms, led a moment of silence, and played patriotic music.
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In October 2024, President Vladimir Putin met with Russian educators, including Nadezhda Vorontsova, a kindergarten teacher from Vologda and a finalist in the “Teacher of the Year” competition. It was Vorontsova who suggested expanding “Important Conversations” to kindergarten. Putin supported the idea.
Vorontsova has now been appointed to lead t
Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I’ll return missiles to US
apnews.com Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has offered to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its “aggressive and coercive behavior” in the disputed South China Sea.
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its “aggressive and coercive behavior” in the disputed South China Sea.
The U.S. Army installed the Typhon mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines in April last year to support what the longtime treaty allies described as training for joint combat readiness.
China has repeatedly demanded that the Philippines remove the missile system, saying it was “inciting geopolitical confrontation and an arms race.”
Asked by reporters about China’s criticism of the missile system, **Marcos said he did not understand the Chinese position because the Philippines does not comment on China’s missile systems which “are a thousand times more pow
Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I’ll return missiles to US
apnews.com Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has offered to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its “aggressive and coercive behavior” in the disputed South China Sea.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its “aggressive and coercive behavior” in the disputed South China Sea.
The U.S. Army installed the Typhon mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines in April last year to support what the longtime treaty allies described as training for joint combat readiness.
China has repeatedly demanded that the Philippines remove the missile system, saying it was “inciting geopolitical confrontation and an arms race.”
Asked by reporters about China’s criticism of the missile system, Marcos said he did not understand the Chinese position because the Philippines does not comment on China’s missile systems which “are a thousand times more powerful than what we have.”
“Let’s make a deal with Chi
UAC-0063: Cyber Espionage Operation Expanding from Central Asia to Europe, Targeting High-Profile Institutions Including Government Entities, Diplomatic Missions
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Bitdefender Labs warns of an active cyber-espionage campaign targeting organizations in Central Asia and European countries. The group, tracked as UAC-0063, employs sophisticated tactics to infiltrate high-value targets, including government entities and diplomatic missions, expanding their operations into Europe.
Since the start of the Ukraine war , the geopolitical landscape of Central Asia has undergone significant shifts, impacting the region's relationships with both Russia and China. Russia's influence, once dominant, has noticeably declined due to its actions in Ukraine, which have damaged its reputation as a regional security guarantor, with some Central Asian countries feeling that Russia doesn't respect their sovereignty.
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UAC-0063: Cyber Espionage Operation Expanding from Central Asia to Europe, Targeting High-Profile Institutions Including Government Entities, Diplomatic Missions
www.bitdefender.com UAC-0063: Cyber Espionage Operation Expanding from Central Asia
Bitdefender Labs warns of an active cyber-espionage campaign targeting organizations in Central Asia and European countries.
Bitdefender Labs warns of an active cyber-espionage campaign targeting organizations in Central Asia and European countries. The group, tracked as UAC-0063, employs sophisticated tactics to infiltrate high-value targets, including government entities and diplomatic missions, expanding their operations into Europe.
Since the start of the Ukraine war , the geopolitical landscape of Central Asia has undergone significant shifts, impacting the region's relationships with both Russia and China. Russia's influence, once dominant, has noticeably declined due to its actions in Ukraine, which have damaged its reputation as a regional security guarantor, with some Central Asian countries feeling that Russia doesn't respect their sovereignty.
In contrast, China's influence in Central Asia is growing, particularly in the ec
Italy blocks access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users' data, announces investigation into the companies behind chatbot
apnews.com Italy blocks access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users' data
Italy’s data protection authority has blocked use of Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s AI application to protect Italians’ data and announced an investigation into the companies behind the chatbot.
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Italy’s data protection authority on Thursday blocked access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users’ data and announced an investigation into the companies behind the chatbot.
The authority, called Garante, expressed dissatisfaction with DeepSeek’s response to its initial query about what personal data is collected, where it is stored and how users are notified.
“Contrary to the authority’s findings, the companies declared that they do not operate in Italy, and that European legislation does not apply to them,’’ the statement said, noting that the app had been downloaded by millions of people around the globe in just a few days.
DeepSeek’s new chatbot has raised the stakes in the AI technology race, rattling markets and catch
Italy blocks access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users' data, announces investigation into the companies behind chatbot
apnews.com Italy blocks access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users' data
Italy’s data protection authority has blocked use of Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s AI application to protect Italians’ data and announced an investigation into the companies behind the chatbot.
Italy’s data protection authority on Thursday blocked access to the Chinese AI application DeepSeek to protect users’ data and announced an investigation into the companies behind the chatbot.
The authority, called Garante, expressed dissatisfaction with DeepSeek’s response to its initial query about what personal data is collected, where it is stored and how users are notified.
“Contrary to the authority’s findings, the companies declared that they do not operate in Italy, and that European legislation does not apply to them,’’ the statement said, noting that the app had been downloaded by millions of people around the globe in just a few days.
DeepSeek’s new chatbot has raised the stakes in the AI technology race, rattling markets and catching up with American generative AI leaders at a fraction of the cost.
200 UK Companies Permanently Move To 4-Day Work Week Without Loss Of Pay
www.ndtv.com 200 UK Companies Permanently Move To 4-Day Work Week
In a landmark move reinventing the working week in the United Kingdom, at least 200 British companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees without any loss of pay.
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In a landmark move reinventing the working week in the United Kingdom, at least 200 British companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees without any loss of pay.
Together, these 200 companies employ over 5,000 people, and among these charities, marketing and technology firms are the best-represented, a report by The Guardian said quoting the 4 Day Week Foundation.
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The change was first adopted by around 30 marketing, advertising and press relations firms. The suit was followed by 29 charity, NGO, and social care industry-based organisations, and 24 technology, IT and software firms. Later, another 22 companies in the business, consulting and management sectors also joined the bandwagon and permanently offered f