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This week exposes the real and the risky in AI. A Turing Award winner launches a nonprofit to build AI that tells the truth. A Microsoft-backed startup’s fake “AI” implodes, shaking industry trust. The FDA greenlights an AI tool that predicts breast cancer risk with precision. Meanwhile, Snap hands everyone the power to create AI-driven AR experiences on mobile.

In today’s Generative AI Newsletter:

• Bengio’s LawZero fights AI misinformation head-on
• Builder.ai’s collapse reveals 700 humans behind the “AI”
• Clarity Breast AI advances early cancer detection
• Snap’s mobile AR Lens Studio empowers creators everywhere

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⚖️ AI Godfather Bengio's Mission: Building AI That Won't Lie

Backed by $30M, Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio has launched LawZero, a nonprofit dedicated to "safe-by-design" AI that prioritizes truth. Its first project, Scientist AI, aims to foster discovery and ensure other AI systems are accountable.

Key Details:

• LawZero’s systems will give probabilistic answers, not false certainty — acknowledging when they don’t know.

• Scientist AI will accelerate research, audit AI models for dishonesty, and flag dangerous behaviors in real time.

• Funders include Eric Schmidt, Jaan Tallinn, and major AI safety groups like the Survival and Flourishing Fund.

• Bengio has voiced concern over today’s top models (like o3 and Opus), citing signs of self-preservation and manipulation.

Done with just warnings, Bengio has stepped into the arena with LawZero. He's now building safe AI, not just calling for it. This decision mirrors a widening gap between safety researchers and commercial labs, as pioneers like Bengio and Hinton push for AI designed for truth, not manipulation.

🤖 Builder.ai’s “AI” Was Just 700 Humans Behind the Curtain

The collapse of Builder.ai is shaking the AI world. Valued at $1.5B, the London startup promised AI-powered app development but operated a human-driven system disguised as automation. Backed by Microsoft, SoftBank, and Qatar’s sovereign fund, it now stands exposed as a massive facade.

Behind the curtain:

• “Natasha,” the company’s supposed AI assistant, was actually 700 engineers manually coding apps behind the scenes.

• Staff were told to delay responses to mimic AI timing, avoid jargon, and use Western pseudonyms to maintain the illusion of a “no-code” AI platform.

• Leaked documents reveal $180M in fake invoice swaps with Indian media company VerSe, inflating revenue by 300% despite real earnings around $55M.

• A security breach exposed 3.1M client files and memos referring to “AI placebo effects.” A folder named “/Natasha_AI” showed manual tracking of coding hours.

When even Microsoft-backed companies crumble under fake automation and inflated claims, the entire AI industry must confront a harsh question: how much of the AI boom is real innovation, and how much is clever marketing?

🎯 FDA Greenlights Clarity Breast AI to Predict Cancer Risk

The FDA just authorized Clarity Breast, the first AI platform capable of forecasting a woman’s breast cancer risk solely from standard mammograms. This breakthrough tool is set for commercial rollout later this year, reshaping early detection and prevention strategies.

Key Details:

• Detects imperceptible patterns in 2D mammograms to deliver five-year risk scores, independent of family history or demographics.

• Trained on millions of diverse images, it sidesteps common bias pitfalls that plague conventional models.

• Reveals that many younger women exhibit risk profiles usually seen in much older patients, challenging age-based screening norms.

• Rolling out to hospitals and imaging centers soon, with initial out-of-pocket costs pending insurance adoption.

AI has moved beyond the lab, transforming diagnostics into a predictive science. Clarity Breast exemplifies how predictive technology can shift healthcare from reactive intervention to proactive prevention, raising the bar for personalized medicine.

👓 Snap Puts AR Creation In Everyone’s Hands with Lens

Snap just tore down the desktop wall. Its new Lens Studio apps for iOS and web let anyone, not just pros, build AI-powered AR Lenses on the go. These new tools let users generate AI effects, add Bitmoji, and use simple editing to build personalized Lenses

What’s new:

• Lens Studio’s iOS app and web tool enable creation of AR Lenses from text prompts and templates, removing the desktop-only barrier.

• Users can generate AI-powered effects, incorporate dancing Bitmoji, and explore trending templates to customize their creations.

• The professional desktop app remains for developers, but Snap aims to attract casual creators and hobbyists with these simpler, mobile-friendly options.

• Snap supports over 400,000 AR developers and recently added advanced tools for building Bitmoji games, including turn-based gameplay and customizable character controllers.

While Meta pulls back on Spark AR, Snap doubles down, betting big on AR as the next front for social and self-expression. This is Snap making AR creation effortless and universal; expect more wild, viral Lenses ahead.

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