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To read this morning in the GOOD MORNING FRENCHWEB:
- Apple agrees to pay $95 million to settle Siri privacy dispute
- Huawei trains 300,000 engineers per year through its academies
- AI is coming to places of worship
- Faced with increased risk of collusion in public procurement, the United Kingdom adopts AI to control award procedures
- Chinese hackers infiltrate American critical infrastructure and telecoms
Huawei trains 300,000 engineers per year through its academies
Huawei announced that it had implemented a program ofacademies teaching new technologies, particularly related to AI In 110 countriesin collaboration with more than 3,000 universitiesto train more than 300,000 students in engineering. These programs, known as the Huawei ICT Academy, aim to support the digital transformation of companies facing recruitment challenges.
Meng Wanzhou, President of Huawei, says this initiative strengthens the company’s international presence and consolidates its influence in technology sectors.
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AI is coming to places of worship: the case of “Rabbi Bot”
In Houston, worshipers at the Congregation Emanu El synagogue were surprised to hear a sermon delivered by a voice identical to that of their rabbi, Josh Fixler. However, these words were not his. Behind this speech was “Rabbi Bot,” an artificial intelligence chatbot trained from the rabbi’s past sermons and developed with the help of a data scientist.
During the service, the AI responded to the rabbi’s questions in real time, demonstrating the ability of these technologies to integrate into spiritual spaces. For Rabbi Fixler, the answer given to the NEW YORK TIMES journalist is clear: “Our role is to respond to human suffering, a task that cannot be automated. » A reflection that resonates as tools like ChatGPT and religious chatbots intrude into Christian and Jewish practices, redrawing the boundaries between faith and technology.
⚖️ Regulations and markets
Apple agrees to pay $95 million to settle Siri privacy dispute
Although denying any wrongdoing, Apple agreed to pay $95 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing voice assistant Siri of violating user privacy. The settlement, submitted to a federal court in Oakland, California, remains pending approval from Judge Jeffrey White.
The plaintiffs claim that Apple unintentionally recorded private conversations via the “Hey, Siri” command and shared that data with third parties, including advertisers. The users concerned, estimated at tens of millionscould receive up to $20 per Siri-enabled device.
A similar suit targets Google Voice Assistant in a nearby court in San Jose.
Faced with increased risk of collusion in public procurement, the United Kingdom adopts AI to control award procedures
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) warns of a “significant risk of collusion in public procurement”reports the Financial Times. Sarah Cardell, director of the authority, announced the deployment of an experimental tool based on artificial intelligence to detect anomalies in tenders. This program, which analyzes file data on a large scale, aims to identify anti-competitive behavior and reduce fraud in British public procurement, estimated at 300 billion pounds per year.
In 2023, the CMA imposed fines of almost 60 million pounds to 10 companies for collusion in demolition and asbestos removal contracts. More recently, an investigation was launched into suspicious activity under the Department for Education’s school improvement fund.
According to Sarah Cardell, the program could generate multi-billion pound savings and contribute to strengthening the productivity of the public sector A future reform plans to ban companies found guilty of anti-competitive agreements from public contracts.
⚙️ The cyber minute
Chinese hackers infiltrate American critical infrastructure and telecoms
According to an investigation by Wall Street JournalChinese hacker groups, identified as Volt Typhoon And Salt Typhooninfiltrated critical infrastructure and telecom networks in the United States. These attacks, underway since 2019 for infrastructure and since 2023 for telecommunications, target ports, power grids, water treatment systems and major telecom networks such as AT&T and Verizon. The intrusions aimed to access sensitive data, intercept communications from political officials, and disrupt operations in the event of conflict, particularly in Taiwan.
Hackers exploited outdated equipment and unpatched security vulnerabilities, compromising millions of records and surveillance systems.
📊 FW Market
- CrowdStrike regains its lost valuation : After a crisis in 2024, CrowdStrike recovered the lost $30 billion in market capitalization.
- Nvidia invests heavily in AI : The company has invested $1 billion in 2024 (vs. $872 million in 2023) in 50 fundraising rounds and corporate partnerships.
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