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تستعد الاتحاد الأوروبي للتحقيق مع جوجل بشأن مزاعم تفيد بأن الشركة تقلل من تصنيف مواقع الناشرين الإخباريين التي تحتوي على محتوى ترويجي من 'أطراف ثالثة' في نتائج البحث. سيتم إجراء هذا التحقيق بموجب قانون الأسواق الرقمية، مما يبرز التدقيق المستمر في الشركات التكنولوجية الكبرى وممارساتها في السوق.

La UE está a punto de investigar a Google por alegaciones de que desmejora los sitios de editores de noticias que presentan contenido promocional de 'terceros' en los rankings de búsqueda. Esta investigación se llevará a cabo bajo la Ley de Mercados Digitales, lo que resalta el continuo escrutinio a las grandes empresas tecnológicas y sus prácticas en el mercado.

L'UE s'apprête à enquêter sur Google concernant des allégations selon lesquelles il dévalorise les sites des éditeurs de nouvelles contenant du contenu promotionnel 'tiers' dans les classements de recherche. Cette enquête sera menée dans le cadre de la loi sur les marchés numériques, soulignant le contrôle continu des grandes entreprises technologiques et de leurs pratiques sur le marché.

The EU is set to investigate Google regarding allegations that it demotes news publisher sites featuring 'third party' promotional content in search rankings. This probe will be conducted under the Digital Markets Act, highlighting ongoing scrutiny of major tech companies and their market practices.

Sources: the EU is preparing to probe Google over news publisher rankings in search over claims that Google demotes sites with "third party" promotional content (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)

The story of the Ghost in the Shell’s main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where governments use hackers for espionage, at a time when most of the world had never connected to the internet.

الأنمي الكلاسيكي 'Ghost in the Shell' يقدم شخصية Puppet Master، التي تتنبأ بمستقبل تستخدم فيه الحكومات القراصنة للتجسس. ظهرت هذه التنبؤات في وقت كانت فيه غالبية سكان العالم لم تتصل بعد بالإنترنت، مما يبرز رؤية العرض لمشكلات الأمن السيبراني.

El clásico anime 'Ghost in the Shell' presenta al Puppet Master, un personaje que anticipa un futuro en el que los gobiernos utilizan hackers para el espionaje. Esta predicción surgió en un momento en que la mayoría de la población mundial aún no estaba conectada a Internet, destacando la previsión del programa sobre los problemas de ciberseguridad.

L'anime classique 'Ghost in the Shell' présente le Puppet Master, un personnage qui préfigure un avenir où les gouvernements utilisent des hackers pour l'espionnage. Cette prédiction est survenue à une époque où la majorité de la population mondiale n'était pas encore connectée à Internet, soulignant la prévoyance de l'émission concernant les problèmes de cybersécurité.

The classic anime 'Ghost in the Shell' features the Puppet Master, a character that foreshadows a future where governments utilize hackers for espionage. This prediction emerged at a time when the majority of the global population had yet to connect to the internet, highlighting the show's foresight regarding cybersecurity issues.

How the classic anime ‘Ghost in the Shell’ predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago

<p>Text-to-image diffusion models have become the workhorses of generative imaging. They can paint photorealistic scenes, mimic art styles, and blend concepts in ways that were science fiction a few years ago. Yet they stumble embarrassingly on a skill that even small children master: basic spatial reasoning.</p>

<p>Ask a state-of-the-art model for “a dog to the right of a teddy bear” and you often get:</p>

<ul>
<li>The dog on the left</li>
<li>One of the objects missing</li>
<li>Or a bizarre hybrid where dog and teddy are fused into a single creature</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F49rtb08366xdl284o4z0.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F49rtb08366xdl284o4z0.jpg" alt=" " width="800" height="532"></a></p>

<p>These failures become more severe for unusual compositions like “a giraffe above an airplane”. Traditional fixes range from expensive fine-tuning to brittle, hand-written loss functions at inference time—but both options come with significant downsides.</p>

<p>NVIDIA’s Learn-to-Steer framework (accepted to WACV 2026) proposes a different path: instead of hard-coding spatial rules or retraining the entire model, it learns a data-driven objective that can “steer” diffusion at inference time. The method reads the model’s own cross-attention maps, trains a lightweight classifier to detect spatial relations, and then uses that classifier’s gradient as a learned loss to nudge the generation towards layouts that match the prompt.</p>

<p>In this blog, we’ll unpack:</p>

<ul>
<li>What makes spatial reasoning so fragile in current diffusion models</li>
<li>How Learn-to-Steer learns spatial constraints from the model itself</li>
<li>How it steers images during generation without changing model weights</li>
<li>The top gains on spatial benchmarks like GenEval and T2I-CompBench</li>
<li>The trade-offs in compute cost and generality, and what this implies for future generative systems</li>
</ul>

<h1>
  
  
  Why Spatial Reasoning Fails in Text-to-Image Diffusion
</h1>

<h2>
  
  
  What Makes Spatial Relations So Difficult for Diffusion Models?
</h2>

<p>Modern diffusion models (e.g., Stable Diffusion, Flux) are excellent at what should appear in an image—objects, styles, textures—but much less reliable at where those objects should be.</p>

<p>Several factors contribute:</p>

<h3>
  
  
  Weak supervision of spatial language
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Training data rarely comes with precise annotations like “object A is left of object B”.
</li>
<li>Captions often describe content loosely, so phrases like “on top of” or “to the right of” are under-specified.</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Entangled visual concepts
</h3>

<ul>
<li>When two objects frequently co-occur, models may treat them as a single visual blob.</li>
<li>This leads to object fusion, where a “cat on a bookshelf” becomes a cat-bookshelf chimera.</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Benchmark saturation without spatial coverage
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Many standard text-to-image benchmarks emphasize realism and style, not relational accuracy.</li>
<li>Models can score highly while still being spatially confused.</li>
</ul>

<p>Empirical studies confirm three recurring failure modes on spatial benchmarks:</p>

<ul>
<li>Incorrect placement: Objects appear in the wrong relative position.</li>
<li>Missing entities: One or more requested objects never appear.</li>
<li>Merged entities: Two objects get mashed into a single, incoherent form.</li>
</ul>

<p>The model “knows” the objects you asked for, but it doesn’t reliably understand where to place them.</p>

<h1>
  
  
  Why Fine-Tuning and Handcrafted Losses Are Not Enough
</h1>

<p>Two broad strategies have tried to patch this gap:</p>

<h2>
  
  
  Fine-tuning for spatial awareness
</h2>

<ul>
<li>Retrain the diffusion model on datasets with explicit layouts or spatial annotations.</li>
<li>Methods like COMPASS show that this can significantly improve spatial accuracy.</li>
<li>But this comes at a cost: expensive retraining, sensitivity to dataset bias, and often regressions in other capabilities such as color fidelity or counting.</li>
</ul>

<h2>
  
  
  Handcrafted test-time losses
</h2>

<ul>
<li>At inference, inject extra loss terms that penalize spatial errors (e.g., overlapping activation maps, incorrect ordering).</li>
<li>These losses must be manually designed to approximate relations like “left of” or “above”.</li>
<li>In practice, these heuristics are fragile, often over-fitting simple cases and failing on more complex layouts.</li>
</ul>

<p>In short, we’ve lacked a solution that is:</p>

<ul>
<li>Data-driven rather than rule-based</li>
<li>Plug-and-play at inference time (no full retraining)</li>
<li>Targeted enough to improve spatial reasoning without damaging other strengths</li>
</ul>

<p>This is where Learn-to-Steer enters.</p>

<h1>
  
  
  How Learn-to-Steer Works: Data-Driven Steering at Inference
</h1>

<h2>
  
  
  How Cross-Attention Maps Provide a Spatial Signal
</h2>

<p>During diffusion, at each denoising step, the model computes cross-attention maps that connect text tokens to image regions. For a prompt like “a dog to the right of a teddy bear”, you can think of:</p>

<ul>
<li>One set of attention maps for “dog”</li>
<li>Another set for “teddy bear”</li>
<li>Additional context around words like “right” or “of”</li>
</ul>

<p>These maps form a rich, high-dimensional signal describing where in the image the model currently believes each word should manifest. Prior work has used cross-attention to locate objects or edit images; Learn-to-Steer goes further by treating them as a feature space in which spatial relations can be learned.</p>

<h2>
  
  
  How a Relation Classifier Becomes a Learned Loss
</h2>

<p>The core idea of Learn-to-Steer is to train a small relation classifier that takes cross-attention maps for two objects and predicts the spatial relation between them (left-of, right-of, above, below, etc.).</p>

<p>The pipeline looks like this:</p>

<h3>
  
  
  Collect supervision
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Use images where the true relation between object A and object B is known (from datasets like GQA and synthetic layouts).</li>
<li>For each image, invert it through the diffusion model with a descriptive prompt to recover cross-attention maps for the relevant tokens.</li>
</ul>

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<h3>
  
  
  Train a classifier on attention patterns
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Input: attention maps for object A and object B.</li>
<li>Output: predicted relation (e.g., “A is left of B”).</li>
</ul>

<p>Naively, however, this leads to a subtle but serious issue: relation leakage.</p>

<h2>
  
  
  How Dual Inversion Solves the “Relation Leakage” Problem
</h2>

<p>If you always invert images with a correct prompt (e.g., “a dog to the left of a cat”), hints about the word “left” can leak into the attention patterns. A naïve classifier might then “cheat” by reading out linguistic artefacts instead of learning genuine visual geometry.</p>

<p>To prevent this, Learn-to-Steer uses a dual inversion strategy:</p>

<ul>
<li>For each image with a true relation (say, dog left of cat), create two prompts:

<ul>
<li>A positive prompt with the correct relation (“dog to the left of a cat”).</li>
<li>A negative prompt with an incorrect relation (“dog above a cat”).</li>
</ul>


</li>

<li>Run inversion with both prompts, obtaining two sets of attention maps.</li>

<li>Label both sets with the true relation (left-of), because that is what the image actually depicts.</li>

</ul>

<p>The classifier sees pairs of attention maps that share the same underlying geometry but differ in the relation words used in the prompt. To succeed, it must ignore the unreliable linguistic cue and zero in on the geometric evidence in the attention patterns. This breaks the leakage shortcut and yields a classifier that actually understands “left-of” in terms of where things appear in the model’s internal vision.</p>

<p>To improve robustness, NVIDIA combines:</p>

<ul>
<li>Real images (complex, natural scenes)</li>
<li>Synthetic images (simpler, cleaner attention patterns akin to generation scenarios)</li>
</ul>

<h1>
  
  
  How Learn-to-Steer Guides Images During Generation
</h1>

<h2>
  
  
  Step-by-Step: From Prompt to Steered Latent
</h2>

<p>Once the relation classifier is trained, Learn-to-Steer uses it at inference time as a learned objective:</p>

<h3>
  
  
  Parse the spatial prompt
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Extract subject, relation, and object from the text (e.g., subject = dog, relation = right-of, object = teddy bear).</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Run diffusion as usual—but with checkpoints
</h3>

<ul>
<li>As the model denoises latent noise into an image, periodically extract cross-attention maps for the subject and object tokens.</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Evaluate spatial correctness
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Feed these maps into the relation classifier, which outputs a probability distribution over relations.</li>
<li>Compare this distribution to the desired relation from the prompt, and compute a loss (e.g., cross-entropy).</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Backpropagate into the latent
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Compute the gradient of this loss with respect to the latent representation at that timestep.</li>
<li>Nudge the latent in the direction that increases the classifier’s confidence in the correct relation.</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Continue the diffusion process
</h3>

<ul>
<li>Let the denoising proceed from the adjusted latent.</li>
<li>Repeat this steering a number of times (often during the earlier half of the diffusion steps).</li>
</ul>

<h2>
  
  
  Support for Multiple Architectures and Relations
</h2>

<p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F578a9bjc7gmtemh0jbsj.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F578a9bjc7gmtemh0jbsj.jpg" alt=" " width="800" height="477"></a></p>

<p>A key advantage of Learn-to-Steer is that it’s architecture-agnostic:</p>

<ul>
<li>It has been demonstrated on both UNet-based models (like Stable Diffusion 1.4/2.1) and MMDiT-style models (like Flux).</li>
<li>The only requirement is access to a text-image alignment signal (cross-attention or similar).</li>
</ul>

<p>It can also handle prompts with multiple constraints, such as:</p>

<p>“A frog above a sneaker below a teapot.”</p>

<p>Here, Learn-to-Steer alternates attention between relations:</p>

<ul>
<li>At one timestep, optimize the frog–sneaker relation.</li>
<li>At another, optimize the sneaker–teapot relation.</li>
</ul>

يهدف Learn-to-Steer من NVIDIA إلى معالجة قيد كبير في نماذج الانتشار من النص إلى الصورة، التي تعاني من ضعف في التفكير المكاني الأساسي. يمكن لهذه النماذج إنشاء صور فوتوغرافية واقعية، لكنها غالبًا ما تضع الأشياء في غير موضعها، مثل وضع كلب على اليسار بدلاً من اليمين بجانب دمية دب. تهدف هذه الخطوة إلى تحسين دقة الصور المولدة من خلال تعزيز الفهم المكاني.

El Learn-to-Steer de NVIDIA busca abordar una limitación significativa en los modelos de difusión de texto a imagen, que luchan con el razonamiento espacial básico. Estos modelos pueden crear imágenes fotorealistas, pero a menudo colocan mal los objetos en relación entre sí, como poner un perro a la izquierda de un oso de peluche en lugar de a la derecha. Este avance tiene como objetivo mejorar la precisión de las imágenes generadas al mejorar la comprensión espacial.

Le Learn-to-Steer de NVIDIA vise à résoudre une limitation importante des modèles de diffusion texte-image, qui ont du mal avec le raisonnement spatial de base. Ces modèles peuvent créer des images photoréalistes mais placent souvent mal les objets les uns par rapport aux autres, comme mettre un chien à gauche d'un ours en peluche au lieu de la droite. Cette avancée vise à améliorer l'exactitude des images générées en renforçant la compréhension spatiale.

NVIDIA's Learn-to-Steer is set to address a significant limitation in text-to-image diffusion models, which struggle with basic spatial reasoning. These models can create photorealistic images but often misplace objects in relation to one another, such as placing a dog to the left of a teddy bear instead of the right. This advancement aims to enhance the accuracy of generated images by improving spatial understanding.

What Is Learn-to-Steer? NVIDIA’s 2025 Spatial Fix for Text-to-Image Diffusion

<p>The $5tn firm handily beat expectations, but analysts are awaiting projections for future demand for firm’s AI chips</p><p>Nvidia shares are rising in after-market trading after the company posted third quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates.<strong> </strong>All eyes were on Nvidia, the bellwether for the AI industry and the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, as analysts and investors hoped the chipmaker’s third-quarter earnings would assuage concerns about whether the high-flying valuations of AI firms have peaked.</p><p>“Blackwell sales are off the charts, and cloud GPUs are sold out,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia in a press release. “Compute demand keeps accelerating and compounding across training and inference – each growing exponentially. We’ve entered the virtuous cycle of AI. The AI ecosystem is scaling fast – with more new foundation model makers, more AI startups, across more industries, and in more countries. AI is going everywhere, doing everything, all at once.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/19/nvidia-earning-report">Continue reading...</a>

تجاوزت شركة إنفيديا توقعات وول ستريت مع نتائجها للربع الثالث، مما أظهر طلبًا قويًا على شرائح الذكاء الاصطناعي الخاصة بها. ارتفعت أسهم الشركة في التداول بعد السوق، مما يعكس ثقة المستثمرين وسط مخاوف بشأن تقييم سوق الذكاء الاصطناعي. وأبرز الرئيس التنفيذي جينسن هوانغ مبيعات قياسية ونظامًا بيئيًا سريع التوسع في مجال الذكاء الاصطناعي، مما يشير إلى نظرة إيجابية لمستقبل الشركة.

Nvidia superó las expectativas de Wall Street con sus ganancias del tercer trimestre, mostrando una fuerte demanda por sus chips de IA. Las acciones de la compañía aumentaron en el comercio posterior al cierre, reflejando la confianza de los inversores en medio de preocupaciones sobre la valoración del mercado de IA. El CEO Jensen Huang destacó las ventas récord y un ecosistema de IA en rápida expansión, indicando una perspectiva positiva para el futuro de la empresa.

Nvidia a dépassé les attentes de Wall Street avec ses résultats du troisième trimestre, montrant une forte demande pour ses puces d'IA. Les actions de l'entreprise ont augmenté lors des échanges après la clôture, reflétant la confiance des investisseurs face aux préoccupations concernant la valorisation du marché de l'IA. Le PDG Jensen Huang a souligné des ventes record et un écosystème IA en pleine expansion, indiquant une perspective positive pour l'avenir de l'entreprise.

Nvidia exceeded Wall Street expectations with its third-quarter earnings, showcasing strong demand for its AI chips. The company's shares rose in after-market trading, reflecting investor confidence amid concerns about the AI market's valuation. CEO Jensen Huang highlighted record sales and a rapidly expanding AI ecosystem, indicating a positive outlook for the company's future.

‘AI is going everywhere, doing everything:’ Nvidia beats Wall Street estimates amid market selloff and AI bubble fears

The SanDisk ExtremeFit USB-C flash drive is barely three grams, but offers 1TB of external storage and impressive speeds.

I refused to believe this coin-sized gadget was a storage drive, until I tried it for myself

<p>Swift 6.3 is bringing significant enhancements to Embedded Swift, the subset of Swift designed for resource-constrained environments like microcontrollers. Here's what's new:</p>

<h2>
  
  
  Key Improvements
</h2>

<h3>
  
  
  Libraries &amp; Standard Library
</h3>

<ul>
<li>
<strong>Floating-point printing</strong>: The <code>description</code> and <code>debugDescription</code> properties now work for Float, Double, and other floating-point types with a new all-Swift implementation</li>
<li>
<strong>Better diagnostics</strong>: New <code>EmbeddedRestrictions</code> diagnostic group warns about unsupported language constructs</li>
<li>
<strong>Swift MMIO 0.1.x</strong>: Includes code generation from SVD files and improved debugging with SVD2LLDB plugin</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  C Interoperability
</h3>

<ul>
<li>
<strong><code>@c</code> attribute</strong>: Define C-compatible functions and enums (from SE-0495)
</li>
</ul>

<div class="highlight js-code-highlight">
<pre class="highlight swift"><code><span class="kd">@c</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kt">MyLib_initialize</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="kd">public</span> <span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nf">initialize</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span> <span class="o">...</span> <span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre>

</div>



<ul>
<li>
<strong>Improved type matching</strong>: Better tolerance for mismatching C signatures, eliminating cryptic deserialization errors</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Debugging
</h3>

<ul>
<li>
<strong>Enhanced LLDB support</strong>: Better value printing for Embedded Swift types</li>
<li>
<strong>Core dump inspection</strong>: Dictionary, Array, and other common types now inspectable without a live process</li>
<li>
<strong>ARMv7m exception unwinding</strong>: Complete backtraces through exception frames</li>
</ul>

<h3>
  
  
  Linking &amp; Compilation
</h3>

<ul>
<li>
<strong><code>@section</code> and <code>@used</code> attributes</strong>: Control where globals are emitted and ensure symbols aren't stripped (SE-0492)</li>
<li>
<strong>Weak symbol definitions</strong>: Fixes duplicate symbol errors in diamond dependencies</li>
<li>
<strong><code>@export</code> attribute</strong>: Better control over function visibility (SE-0497)</li>
</ul>




<p><em>Want to dive deeper? Read the <a href="https://www.swift.org/blog/embedded-swift-improvements-coming-in-swift-6.3/" rel="noopener noreferrer">full announcement</a> on Swift.org</em></p>

تقدم Swift 6.3 تحسينات كبيرة على Embedded Swift، مما يعزز وظيفته في البيئات ذات الموارد المحدودة مثل المتحكمات الدقيقة. تشمل التحسينات الرئيسية قدرات جديدة لطباعة الأعداد العشرية، وتشخيصات أفضل مع مجموعة EmbeddedRestrictions، وإدخال Swift MMIO 0.1.x لتوليد الشيفرة وتصحيح الأخطاء.

Swift 6.3 presenta mejoras significativas en Embedded Swift, aumentando su funcionalidad para entornos con recursos limitados como microcontroladores. Las mejoras clave incluyen nuevas capacidades de impresión de números de punto flotante, mejores diagnósticos con el grupo EmbeddedRestrictions y la introducción de Swift MMIO 0.1.x para la generación de código y la depuración.

Swift 6.3 apporte des améliorations significatives à Embedded Swift, renforçant sa fonctionnalité pour les environnements à ressources limitées comme les microcontrôleurs. Les principales améliorations comprennent de nouvelles capacités d'impression de nombres à virgule flottante, de meilleurs diagnostics avec le groupe EmbeddedRestrictions, et l'introduction de Swift MMIO 0.1.x pour la génération de code et le débogage.

Swift 6.3 introduces significant upgrades to Embedded Swift, enhancing its functionality for resource-constrained environments like microcontrollers. Key improvements include new floating-point printing capabilities, better diagnostics with the EmbeddedRestrictions group, and the introduction of Swift MMIO 0.1.x for code generation and debugging.

Embedded Swift Gets Major Upgrades in Swift 6.3

<a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/110317-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-twice-due-alleged-deepfake-video.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.techspot.com/images2/news/ts3_thumbs/2025/11/2025-11-19-ts3_thumbs-252.jpg" width="800" height="560" style="padding: 15px 0" title="Judge dismisses lawsuit twice due to alleged deepfake video testimony" /></a><br />A California housing dispute is getting media attention over allegations that lawyers presented a deepfake video as witness testimony. NBC News reports that Judge Victoria Kolakowski became suspicious after the supposed witness showed signs that something was not right, including a monotone voice, fuzzy facial features, and repeated facial expressions....<br /><br /><a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/110317-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-twice-due-alleged-deepfake-video.html">Read Entire Article</a><br /><br />

تجذب نزاع سكني في كاليفورنيا الانتباه الإعلامي بعد ظهور مزاعم بأن المحامين قدموا فيديو مزيف كدليل شهود. أعربت القاضية فيكتوريا كولاكوفسكي عن شكوكها بشأن الفيديو، مشيرة إلى صوت الشاهد الأحادي، وملامح الوجه غير الواضحة، وتكرار التعبيرات. أدى ذلك إلى رفض الدعوى القضائية مرتين.

Una disputa de vivienda en California ha llamado la atención de los medios tras las alegaciones de que los abogados presentaron un video deepfake como testimonio. La jueza Victoria Kolakowski expresó su escepticismo sobre el video, señalando la voz monótona del testigo, rasgos faciales borrosos y expresiones repetitivas. Esto llevó al desestimado de la demanda en dos ocasiones.

Un litige immobilier en Californie suscite l'attention des médias après des allégations selon lesquelles des avocats auraient présenté une vidéo deepfake comme témoignage. La juge Victoria Kolakowski a exprimé des doutes sur la vidéo, notant la voix monotone du témoin, des traits faciaux flous et des expressions répétitives. Cela a conduit à l'annulation de la poursuite à deux reprises.

A California housing dispute has drawn attention after allegations surfaced that lawyers presented a deepfake video as witness testimony. Judge Victoria Kolakowski expressed skepticism about the video, noting the witness's monotone voice, unclear facial features, and repetitive expressions. This led to the dismissal of the lawsuit on two occasions.

Judge dismisses lawsuit twice due to alleged deepfake video testimony

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  Sector HQ Weekly Digest - November 17, 2025
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<p>Who's shipping vs who's just talking? Here's this week's AI industry intelligence.</p>

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  🏆 Top 10 Companies
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<ol>
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<strong>OpenAI</strong> - Score: 442385.7 | 343 events this week</li>
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<strong>Anthropic</strong> - Score: 266113.1 | 51 events this week</li>
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<strong>Amazon</strong> - Score: 135242.8 | 22 events this week</li>
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<strong>Nvidia</strong> - Score: 128360.7 | 161 events this week</li>
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<strong>Google</strong> - Score: 111135.8 | 125 events this week</li>
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<strong>Microsoft</strong> - Score: 95559.7 | 99 events this week</li>
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<strong>Meta</strong> - Score: 78015.6 | 61 events this week</li>
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<strong>Apple</strong> - Score: 64936.3 | 94 events this week</li>
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<strong>Tesla</strong> - Score: 41242.1 | 12 events this week</li>
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<strong>AMD</strong> - Score: 40235.9 | 43 events this week</li>
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  📈 Biggest Movers
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<li>↑ <strong>Sony</strong> jumped 277 positions to #58</li>
<li>↑ <strong>Stability AI</strong> jumped 183 positions to #78</li>
<li>↑ <strong>Bytedance</strong> jumped 143 positions to #68</li>
<li>↑ <strong>Scale AI</strong> jumped 122 positions to #66</li>
<li>↑ <strong>Palantir</strong> jumped 107 positions to #17</li>
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  🚨 Hype Gap Alerts
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<p><em>No high hype alerts this week</em></p>

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  📊 Key Insights
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<ul>
<li>Total companies tracked: 100</li>
<li>Total events this week: 1317</li>
<li>Average activity per company: 13.2 events</li>
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  💡 What This Means
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<p>The AI industry continues to evolve rapidly. Companies that ship consistently rise in our rankings, while those focused on hype alone get flagged by our Hype Gap detector.</p>

<p><strong>Methodology</strong>: Our leaderboard tracks real product releases, funding events, partnerships, and market traction - not just PR and social media buzz.</p>




<p><em>Want real-time updates? Check out the live leaderboard at <a href="https://sectorhq.co" rel="noopener noreferrer">sectorhq.co</a></em></p>

<p><em>Track specific companies and get instant alerts when they move in the rankings.</em></p>

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  AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #TechIndustry #Startups #AILeaderboard
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تسليط الضوء على أحدث التطورات في صناعة الذكاء الاصطناعي في نشرة قطاع HQ الأسبوعية بتاريخ 17 نوفمبر 2025، مع التركيز على أداء الشركات الرائدة. تتصدر OpenAI القائمة برصيد 442385.7 و343 حدثًا، تليها Anthropic وAmazon. كما يشير التقرير إلى تحركات كبيرة، حيث قفزت Sony 277 مركزًا في الترتيب، مما يعكس الطبيعة الديناميكية للقطاع.

El Digest semanal de Sector HQ del 17 de noviembre de 2025 destaca los últimos desarrollos en la industria de la IA, centrándose en el rendimiento de las principales empresas. OpenAI lidera con una puntuación de 442385.7 y 343 eventos, seguido de Anthropic y Amazon. El informe también señala movimientos significativos, con Sony saltando 277 posiciones en el ranking, reflejando la naturaleza dinámica del sector de la IA.

Le Digest hebdomadaire du Secteur HQ du 17 novembre 2025 met en lumière les derniers développements de l'industrie de l'IA, en se concentrant sur la performance des principales entreprises. OpenAI est en tête avec un score de 442385,7 et 343 événements, suivi d'Anthropic et d'Amazon. Le rapport note également des mouvements significatifs, Sony ayant grimpé de 277 positions dans le classement, reflétant la nature dynamique du secteur de l'IA.

The Sector HQ Weekly Digest for November 17, 2025, highlights the latest developments in the AI industry, focusing on the performance of top companies. OpenAI leads with a score of 442385.7 and 343 events, followed by Anthropic and Amazon. The report also notes significant movements, with Sony jumping 277 positions in the rankings, reflecting the dynamic nature of the AI sector.

Sector HQ Weekly Digest - November 17, 2025

<p>Google has backtracked partially on its anti-third party app store policy. It will allow power users to install Android apps from alternative sources. The Mountain View company had recently announced a system [&#8230;]</p>
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أعلنت شركة جوجل عن تراجع جزئي في سياستها ضد متاجر التطبيقات الخارجية، مما يسمح للمستخدمين ذوي الخبرة بتثبيت تطبيقات أندرويد من مصادر بديلة. يأتي هذا التغيير بعد أن حافظت الشركة على موقف صارم ضد مثل هذه الممارسات. تُعتبر هذه القرار تحولًا كبيرًا في نهج جوجل تجاه توزيع التطبيقات على منصتها أندرويد.

Google ha anunciado un cambio parcial en su política contra las tiendas de aplicaciones de terceros, permitiendo a los usuarios experimentados instalar aplicaciones de Android desde fuentes alternativas. Este cambio se produce después de que la compañía mantuviera una postura estricta contra tales prácticas. La decisión se considera un cambio significativo en el enfoque de Google hacia la distribución de aplicaciones en su plataforma Android.

Google a annoncé un revirement partiel de sa politique contre les magasins d'applications tiers, permettant aux utilisateurs expérimentés d'installer des applications Android à partir de sources alternatives. Ce changement survient après que l'entreprise ait maintenu une position stricte contre de telles pratiques. Cette décision est considérée comme un changement significatif dans l'approche de Google en matière de distribution d'applications sur sa plateforme Android.

Google has announced a partial reversal of its policy against third-party app stores, allowing experienced users to install Android apps from alternative sources. This change comes after the company had previously maintained a strict stance against such practices. The decision is seen as a significant shift in Google's approach to app distribution on its Android platform.

Google will allow experienced users to install apps from third-party sources on Android

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<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/nvidia-nvda-earnings-report-q3-2026.html">Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 62% YoY to $57.01B, vs. $54.92B est., Data Center revenue up 66% to $51.2B, and net income up 65% to $31.9B</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; - CNBC Councils&nbsp; &mdash; CNBC on Peacock&nbsp; &mdash; Join the CNBC Panel&nbsp; &mdash; Supply Chain Values&nbsp; &mdash; Ad Choices&nbsp; &mdash; News Tips&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Got a confidential news tip?</P>

أعلنت شركة إنفيديا عن زيادة بنسبة 62% في إيرادات الربع الثالث مقارنة بالعام السابق، حيث بلغت 57.01 مليار دولار، متجاوزة التقديرات البالغة 54.92 مليار دولار. وزادت إيرادات مركز البيانات بنسبة 66% لتصل إلى 51.2 مليار دولار، بينما ارتفع صافي الدخل بنسبة 65% ليصل إلى 31.9 مليار دولار. يُعزى هذا الأداء القوي إلى زيادة الطلب على منتجات إنفيديا، وخاصة في قطاع الذكاء الاصطناعي.

Nvidia reportó un aumento del 62% en los ingresos del tercer trimestre en comparación con el año anterior, alcanzando los 57.01 mil millones de dólares, superando la estimación de 54.92 mil millones de dólares. Los ingresos del centro de datos aumentaron un 66% a 51.2 mil millones de dólares, mientras que la ganancia neta creció un 65% a 31.9 mil millones de dólares. Este sólido desempeño se atribuye a una mayor demanda de los productos de Nvidia, especialmente en el sector de inteligencia artificial.

Nvidia a annoncé une augmentation de 62 % de son chiffre d'affaires au troisième trimestre par rapport à l'année précédente, atteignant 57,01 milliards de dollars, dépassant l'estimation de 54,92 milliards de dollars. Les revenus des centres de données ont augmenté de 66 % pour atteindre 51,2 milliards de dollars, tandis que le bénéfice net a augmenté de 65 % pour atteindre 31,9 milliards de dollars. Cette forte performance est attribuée à une demande accrue pour les produits de Nvidia, en particulier dans le secteur de l'intelligence artificielle.

Nvidia reported a 62% year-over-year increase in revenue for Q3, reaching $57.01 billion, surpassing the estimated $54.92 billion. Data Center revenue rose by 66% to $51.2 billion, while net income increased by 65% to $31.9 billion. This strong performance is attributed to heightened demand for Nvidia's products, particularly in the artificial intelligence sector.

Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 62% YoY to $57.01B, vs. $54.92B est., Data Center revenue up 66% to $51.2B, and net income up 65% to $31.9B (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

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<P><A HREF="http://www.techmeme.com/251119/p49#a251119p49" TITLE="Techmeme permalink"><IMG WIDTH=11 HEIGHT=12 SRC="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" STYLE="border:none;padding:0;margin:0;"></A> Maria Curi / <A HREF="https://www.axios.com/">Axios</A>:<BR>
<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/white-house-block-bill-restricting-ai-chip-exports">Sources: key White House officials are pressing lawmakers on Capitol Hill to keep AI chip export restrictions to China out of the annual defense policy bill</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Key White House officials are pressing lawmakers on Capitol Hill to keep AI chip export restrictions to China out of the annual defense policy bill &hellip; </P>

يحث مسؤولون رئيسيون في البيت الأبيض المشرعين في الكابيتول على استبعاد قيود تصدير رقائق الذكاء الاصطناعي إلى الصين من مشروع قانون الدفاع السنوي. تعكس هذه الضغوط اعتبارات استراتيجية مستمرة تتعلق بالتكنولوجيا والأمن القومي بينما تتنقل الولايات المتحدة في علاقتها مع الصين.

Funcionarios clave de la Casa Blanca están instando a los legisladores en Capitol Hill a excluir las restricciones a la exportación de chips de IA a China del proyecto de ley anual de defensa. Este impulso refleja consideraciones estratégicas en curso sobre tecnología y seguridad nacional mientras EE. UU. navega su relación con China.

Des responsables clés de la Maison Blanche pressent les législateurs au Capitole d'exclure les restrictions à l'exportation de puces d'IA vers la Chine du projet de loi annuel sur la défense. Cette pression reflète des considérations stratégiques continues concernant la technologie et la sécurité nationale alors que les États-Unis naviguent dans leur relation avec la Chine.

Key White House officials are urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill to exclude AI chip export restrictions to China from the annual defense policy bill. This push reflects ongoing strategic considerations regarding technology and national security as the U.S. navigates its relationship with China.

Sources: key White House officials are pressing lawmakers on Capitol Hill to keep AI chip export restrictions to China out of the annual defense policy bill (Maria Curi/Axios)

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<SPAN STYLE="font-size:1.3em;"><B><A HREF="https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/amazon-prime-video-ai-video-recaps-1236585608/">Amazon launches a Video Recaps feature on Prime Video that uses AI to summarize a show's key plot points with snippets and music, available in beta for US users</A></B></SPAN>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Feature debuts after streamer introduced text-based AI recaps last year &hellip; Now Amazon is using AI to add sight, sound and motion to the mix.</P>

أطلقت أمازون ميزة جديدة لتلخيص الفيديو على برايم فيديو تستخدم الذكاء الاصطناعي لتلخيص النقاط الرئيسية في حبكات العروض مع مقاطع موسيقية. هذه الميزة متاحة حاليًا في النسخة التجريبية لمستخدمي الولايات المتحدة. تأتي هذه الخطوة بعد إطلاق تلخيصات نصية بالذكاء الاصطناعي العام الماضي، مما يعزز تجربة المشاهدة من خلال إضافة عناصر بصرية وصوتية.

Amazon ha lanzado una nueva función de Resúmenes de Video en Prime Video que utiliza IA para resumir los puntos clave de las tramas de los programas con fragmentos y música. Esta función está actualmente en beta y disponible para usuarios en EE. UU. Viene después del lanzamiento de resúmenes basados en texto el año pasado, mejorando la experiencia de visualización al agregar elementos visuales y de audio.

Amazon a lancé une nouvelle fonctionnalité de résumés vidéo sur Prime Video qui utilise l'IA pour résumer les points clés des intrigues des émissions avec des extraits et de la musique. Cette fonctionnalité est actuellement en version bêta et disponible pour les utilisateurs aux États-Unis. Elle fait suite au lancement de résumés basés sur du texte l'année dernière, améliorant ainsi l'expérience de visionnage en ajoutant des éléments visuels et audio.

Amazon has introduced a new Video Recaps feature on Prime Video that utilizes AI to summarize key plot points of shows with snippets and music. This feature is currently in beta and available to users in the US. It follows the launch of text-based AI recaps last year, enhancing the viewing experience by adding visual and audio elements.

Amazon launches a Video Recaps feature on Prime Video that uses AI to summarize a show's key plot points with snippets and music, available in beta for US users (Todd Spangler/Variety)

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