The place to subsequent for AI? The farm? The Church, even? - Press Assessment

[ad_1] PRESS REVIEW – Friday, February 13: The European press comes down exhausting on the IOC's choice to disqualify Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych over his helmet. Additionally, we have a look at new and sudden purposes of synthetic intelligence, in addition to its colossal water and vitality value. Lastly, we convey you the most recent on this planet of affection, within the countdown to Valentine's Day.

European papers present sympathy with Vladyslav Heraskevych, the Ukrainian athlete disqualified from the Winter Olympics over a helmet the IOC noticed as political. Assist for the skeleton slider has created a second of nationwide unity for Ukraine in making an attempt occasions, in accordance with Le Parisien, and within the absence of his shot at an Olympic medal, President Volodymyr Zelensky is awarding Heraskevych the Order of Freedom, as reported by the Kyiv Impartial.

Additionally within the information, The Monetary Occasions stories on how Australian farmers are placing an finish to "many years of rows over miscounts" of sheep which have "stoked mistrust within the outback". That is proper: they're utilizing AI to depend sheep. In the meantime, journalists at French Catholic paper La Croix have been asking clergymen about their use of synthetic intelligence. The consensus gave the impression to be that it is a useful assistant in on a regular basis working life, however its makes an attempt at sermon writing come out as "bland" and "by-product".

However there's a darkish aspect to all this too: a cartoon in French paper L'Humanité parodies the lately publicised companionship AI necklaces, reinforcing the wearer's fears that nobody likes them!

Libération has a two-page characteristic on an enormous sprawling knowledge centre advanced within the Nevadan desert. The US state is experiencing an enormous tech gold rush with its below-average electrical energy costs and massive tax incentives, however locals worry the information centre infrastructure will put undue stress on an already depleted water provide.

In the meantime, on this planet of romance, you've got heard of Valentine's Day on February 14, however do you know that February 16 is the quantity sooner or later for sending apology playing cards? The Occasions has this scoop from on-line greetings card firm Moonpig. Moreover, the 2 weeks earlier than Valentine's Day see a spike in Google searches for "tips on how to break up". No less than these darkish weeks are coming to an finish.

Lastly, after solely 18 p.c of weddings in Spain had been church weddings in 2024, the Spanish clergy try to entice {couples} into the sacrament of holy matrimony utilizing a web based online game for {couples}, as the Guardian explains. It includes workouts on "communication, constancy, "the fantastic thing about sexuality" and "battle decision". We should add, although, that different Valentine's Day actions are, after all, additionally obtainable.