Is it real or is it Memorex
AI?
Brazil's Bolsonaro is barred from this year's election. Can his AI avatar campaign instead?
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is under house arrest for plotting against democracy, but an AI-generated avatar allowed him to make a surprise appearance at the launch of his son Flavio's presidential campaign on Saturday, raising questions about how artificial intelligence may reshape October's presidential race in Latin America's largest economy.
"No prison will silence the feeling of hope we have stirred," the avatar said, after telling the audience it had been made with artificial intelligence.
“Everybody” knew this wouldn’t work.
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The Ferrari EV everyone mocked has quietly sold out
When Ferrari revealed its first electric car in May, the reaction was brutal enough to knock 6% off the company’s share price. Two months later, the Luce has sold out its entire 2026 allocation, roughly 500 cars, proof that ridicule and demand are not the same thing.
It is not like Amazon or Walmart being targeted.
Ukraine war briefing: Wildberries attacks shake Russian economy and banking
The Kremlin has acknowledged it may have to prop up online retailer Wildberries – which has lost 10% of its warehousing capacity and huge amounts of stock in Ukrainian drone attacks. Kyiv has said its forces are attacking “Russia’s Amazon” because of its role in supplying Moscow’s army. The Kremlin acknowledged the government had discussed possible support for Wildberries. A senior industry source told Reuters that Wildberries was in a difficult situation and might have to seek government support, most likely through state-controlled banks, in order to maintain operations.
An executive at Ukraine’s leading arms producer Fire Point has said Wildberries is being targeted by Ukraine partly because of its partnership with state-controlled bank VTB. Denys Shtilerman, Fire Point’s co-founder and chief designer, in an interview posted on 27 July with the Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon, described Wildberries as the largest borrower in Russia and said its demise would lead to the collapse of a large number of banks, including VTB. Wildberries and its rival Ozon are central to the Russian government’s plans to spur economic growth as Moscow faces mounting budget pressures from increased military spending and a broader economic slowdown.
(Related) Compare and contrast.
'Within three years, Ukraine has built one of the most innovative military-industrial complexes in the world'
… The country counts nearly 800 drone manufacturers and, according to the Kyiv School of Economics, has an annual production capacity of 10 million units. The sector was worth around $1 billion before Russia's invasion in February 2022; its value is now 50 times higher.
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