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A pop-up bakery opening in Amsterdam this week moves asylum seekers out of political abstraction and into everyday work.Bakkerij van Waarde (Bakery of Value) will operate for just two days in December, selling handmade apple pies and cakes created with refugees who helped develop both the concept and recipes. The initiative, organized by refugee support organization VluchtelingenWerk Nederland, aims to demonstrate what emerges when people are given opportunities to contribute from day one rather than being forced to wait on the sidelines.The bakery addresses a stark reality: asylum seekers in the Netherlands currently face waiting periods exceeding two years before their cases are processed. During this time, they're prohibited from working, studying or meaningfully participating in society. That enforced idleness takes a toll on their health and their future prospects. Bakkerij van Waarde flips the script by showcasing the skills and value refugees bring when barriers are removed. All proceeds from cake sales will be split between VluchtelingenWerk Nederland and the Refugee Company.TREND BITEAs political rhetoric increasingly frames asylum seekers as burdens rather than contributors, Bakkerij van Waarde offers a tangible counter-narrative. The pop-up doesn't just raise funds it illustrates potential. By focusing on what refugees can create when given agency, rather than what they require when denied it, the initiative reframes the conversation from crisis management to talent recognition. For those unable to visit, the bakery offers a signature Ter Apeltaart recipe in exchange for donations, extending its reach beyond Amsterdam while maintaining its core message: when people are valued, value is created.
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Google seems to be cracking down on the use of Disney characters in AI-generated videos on YouTube after it was hit with a cease and desist letter. According to reports by Variety and Deadline, the company removed dozens of videos featuring Deadpool, Moana, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars characters and other Disney IP as of Friday, just days after Disney accused it of "infringing Disneys copyrights on a massive scale." The letter, seen by both publications earlier this week, called out Google not just for hosting these videos on YouTube, but also for using copyrighted works to train models including Veo and Nano Banana. Prior to this, Disney has come after Character.AI as well as Hailuo and Midjourney both of which it's suing over AI-related copyright infringement. But, that doesn't mean it's shunning AI-generated content altogether. The company on Friday announced a deal with OpenAI that will bring Disney characters to Sora and ChatGPT, and bring AI-generated shorts from Sora to Disney+. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-pulls-ai-generated-videos-of-disney-characters-from-youtube-in-response-to-cease-and-desist-220849629.html?src=rss
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In the same month that Grok opted for a second Holocaust over vaporizing Elon Musk's brain, the AI chatbot is on the fritz again. Following the Bondi Beach shooting in Australia during a festival to mark the start of Hanukkah, Grok is responding to user requests with inaccurate or completely unrelated info, as first spotted by Gizmodo. Grok's confusion seems to be most apparent with a viral video that shows a 43-year-old bystander, identified as Ahmed al Ahmed, wrestling a gun away from an attacker during the incident, which has left at least 16 dead, according to the latest news reports. Grok's responses show it repeatedly misidentifying the individual who stopped one of the gunmen. In other cases, Grok responds to the same image about the Bondi Beach shooting with irrelevant details about allegations of targeted civilian shootings in Palestine. The latest replies still show Grok's confusion with the Bondi Beach shooting, even providing information about the incident to unrelated requests or mixing it up with the shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island. xAI, Grok's developer, hasn't officially commented on what's happening with its AI chatbot yet. However, it's not the first time that Grok has gone off the rails, considering it dubbed itself MechaHitler earlier this year.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/grok-is-spreading-inaccurate-info-again-this-time-about-the-bondi-beach-shooting-203946515.html?src=rss
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