1. CMA CGM Partners with Mistral AI in €100M Deal
🔹 What’s New: French shipping heavyweight CMA CGM is investing €100 million over five years in AI startup Mistral AI. The partnership will use AI to streamline customer service in maritime logistics and fact-check content on CMA’s media networks like BFM TV.
🔹 Why It Matters: This move is part of CMA’s broader €500 million AI strategy, positioning it as a digital innovation leader in the shipping industry.
2. Meta Drops Two Llama 4 Models: Scout & Maverick
🔹 What’s New: Meta unveiled Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick. Scout runs on a single Nvidia H100 GPU with a 10M-token context window. Maverick, the larger model, rivals GPT-4o and is integrated into Meta's ecosystem—Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger.
🔹 Why It Matters: This solidifies Meta's position in the generative AI race, pushing for accessibility and high performance.
3. AI Gets a Seat at the Social Security Table
🔹 What’s New: Frank Bisignano, tapped to head the SSA, plans to scale AI within the agency to boost efficiency, cut fraud, and improve public services. Critics, however, warn against dehumanising essential government programs.
🔹 Why It Matters: The use of AI in public governance is escalating, but not without tension over privacy, transparency, and access.
4. WhatsApp Users Frustrated Over Unremovable AI Icon
🔹 What’s New: Meta’s new AI chatbot in WhatsApp is accompanied by a stubbornly persistent blue-purple ringed icon. Users are upset that it can’t be deleted, raising questions about data and privacy.
🔹 Why It Matters: This controversy reflects growing concerns around user autonomy in platforms increasingly governed by AI.
5. Warner Bros. Discovery Launches AI-Powered Cycling Platform
🔹 What’s New: In a partnership with AWS, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe introduced “Cycling Central Intelligence”—a generative AI tool that offers real-time access to rider stats, venue info, and race histories.
🔹 Why It Matters: This is a prime example of AI transforming how live sports are covered and consumed.
6. AI Avatar Booted From Courtroom
🔹 What’s New: A New York court dismissed an attempt by an AI-generated avatar to argue a case. Judges shut it down immediately, reinforcing legal boundaries around the role of AI in human justice.
🔹 Why It Matters: While AI can support legal analysis, this decision reinforces that human judgment still reigns supreme in courtrooms—for now.