The theme of release is scandals, failures and fresh AI ideas The developers of artificial intelligence, as once the creators of social networks, began to fight for the involvement of users and how much time they spend with their chat bots. And also - they embrace AI into other services popular among users. On the way, not the most obvious and often frightening problems pop up. In this issue of the mailing list-a short overview of the last AI scandals that signal several important trends.

The British oil and gas giant Shell has consultations with advisers about the potential absorption of his competitor - BP. This was told by Bloomberg sources familiar with the situation. The deal began to be seriously discussed in recent weeks. But so far this is only preliminary consultations: Shell can eventually focus on the redemption of its own shares or other options. The final decision will depend on the further decrease in BP shares and oil prices.

In the film "Russia. Kremlin. Putin. 25 years ”Pavel Zarubin asked Vladimir Putin how he relates to the“ desire of many people to shy away ”in response to western weapons from the territory of Ukraine. Putin replied that they tried to “provoke” Russia for mistakes, but, in his opinion, there is no need to use nuclear weapons. “They wanted to provoke us, they wanted to ensure that we made mistakes.