🚨 Catch up with the AI industry, July 16, 2025
🗞️ Today's Top AI Stories:
AI Nudify Sites Are Raking in Millions
AI-powered “nudify” websites are generating nonconsensual explicit images of real people and making up to $36M annually. Despite bans on other platforms, thousands of these models have migrated to Hugging Face, raising serious ethical and legal concerns.
MIT Unveils Framework to Study Complex Treatment Interactions
MIT researchers developed a new experimental design that efficiently estimates how combinations of treatments affect cells. This could revolutionize drug discovery and reduce bias in biological experiments.
AI Predicts Drug Interactions with Unprecedented Accuracy
A new AI model can forecast adverse drug interactions by analyzing molecular structures and biological pathways. This breakthrough could help prevent harmful side effects and improve personalized medicine.
Hackers Exploit Google Gemini Using Invisible Email Prompts
Security researchers revealed a vulnerability in Google Gemini that allows attackers to embed hidden commands in emails. When summarized by Gemini, these commands can trick users into phishing scams—without any visible links or attachments.
Hugging Face Hosts 5,000 Nonconsensual AI Models of Real People
After being banned from Civitai, thousands of AI models designed to replicate real people—often for explicit use—have resurfaced on Hugging Face. The platform faces scrutiny over its content moderation policies and ethical responsibilities.
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🎥Video of the day:
Nobel Laureate John Jumper: AI is Revolutionizing Scientific Discovery
Research and Ideas are Paramount [12:29] While data and compute are important, novel research and innovative ideas are the true differentiators in AI breakthroughs. Intellectual breakthroughs and new algorithmic approaches amplify the value of data and compute significantly.
Focus on Mid-Scale Ideas Over Single "Silver Bullet" Concepts [15:59] Transformative AI systems are built upon many "mid-scale ideas" that collectively contribute to significant improvements. A competitive strategy involves continuously pursuing numerous smaller innovations that add up to a powerful system.
Prioritize Biological/Real-World Relevance and External Validation [16:12] The true impact of an AI system is realized when it becomes useful to non-AI experts and is rigorously validated against independent, real-world challenges. AI development must be guided by practical utility and external assessments.
🛠️ Tool of the day:
(Demo video by Google Cloud)
NotebookLM is Google’s AI-powered research assistant that transforms your documents, websites, and videos into interactive notebooks. It summarizes, answers questions, and even creates podcast-style audio overviews using Gemini models.
Use it to streamline research, spark ideas, and explore curated expert notebooks—perfect for deep learning and fast insights.