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AI Tools Advance, Hollywood Fears, Amazon Backtracks

AI's impact on science and entertainment is making headlines, with advancements in scientific tools and concerns over copyright infringement in the film industry. Simultaneously, Amazon's Ring terminated a partnership with a police surveillance company following public backlash, and two Nature publications face editorial concerns regarding research data.

Google DeepMind is developing cutting-edge AI science tools, aiming to accelerate scientific discovery for researchers worldwide, according to Fortune. The focus is on extending the reach of AI to tackle global challenges, with the goal of unlocking AI's potential to advance science. This initiative builds on previous successes, such as the AlphaFold AI system, which solved the protein structure prediction challenge.

In the entertainment sector, ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is facing criticism for its new AI video generator, Seedance 2.0. The tool, currently available only in China, allows users to generate high-quality AI videos from text prompts. Hollywood organizations, including the Motion Picture Association, have condemned the tool, alleging copyright violations and unauthorized use of actors' likenesses. "By launching a service that operates without meaningful safeguards against infringement, ByteDance is disregarding well-established copyright law," according to a Fortune article.

Amazon's Ring, the smart doorbell maker, has ended its partnership with Flock Safety, a police surveillance tech company. This decision followed a public backlash after a Super Bowl ad featuring a lost dog found through a network of cameras. While the ad did not directly involve Flock, the announcement sparked fears of a surveillance society. Ring and Flock had previously planned to allow Ring camera owners to share video footage with law enforcement through a Ring feature known as Community Requests.

In the realm of scientific publishing, Nature has issued editorial expressions of concern for two publications. One concerns the western blot bands in Figs. 1e, 3g, and 4c of a paper on ARF regulation in oncogenic stress-mediated p53 responses. The editors noted that the original data could not be verified because the authors no longer had it. The second expression of concern relates to a paper on the deacetylation of p53 and its effect on cell growth and apoptosis, specifically regarding the similarity of bands in Fig. 3. Again, the original data could not be verified. In both cases, readers are advised to interpret the results with caution.

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