EPFL Scientists Built an AI That Engineers Videos to Activate Specific Brain Regions
Researchers at EPFL created AI-generated videos optimized not for aesthetics but for neurological effect, raising immediate questions about manipulation.
OpenAI announced a sweeping partnership with Deutsche Telekom, under which Germany's largest telecommunications company will rebuild its customer service, employee tools, network operations, and voice systems around OpenAI's models — a bet that a 150-year-old infrastructure company can redefine itself as AI-native.
The label "AI-native telco" is Deutsche Telekom's own, and it signals ambition beyond layering a chatbot onto an existing call center. The company is aiming to rewire core operations — the kind of transformation that typically takes a decade and several failed enterprise software projects.
Deutsche Telekom serves more than 245 million customers across Europe and the United States. If the deployment succeeds at scale, it becomes the reference case every telecom boardroom will cite for the next five years.
Telecom is among the least-loved industries on the planet. If AI actually makes Deutsche Telekom faster and more competent, that outcome will be harder to fake than a press release.
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Researchers at EPFL created AI-generated videos optimized not for aesthetics but for neurological effect, raising immediate questions about manipulation.
Meta starts manufacturing its own AI chip next month, co-designed with Broadcom and built by TSMC, after clearing validation in just six weeks.
A cost analysis of 33 AI image models finds a 100x price spread, from $0.0025 to $0.25 per image, as commoditization accelerates fast.