The authorities of Saudi Arabia in recent weeks released dozens of political prisoners, writes Financial Times with reference to local activists. According to them, about 100 people or more were released. The reasons for such a decision were not reported. FT interlocutors said that most of the released are not too famous people, many families prefer not to speak publicly about the arrested relatives.

On suspicion of murder and rape, a 43-year-old woman with disabilities is looking for a 26-year-old resident of the village of Sosnovaya Polyana Andrei U. In 2020 he was sentenced to 9 years in prison for murder, while earlier he was already convicted of robbery. From the colony, he admitted to the war in Ukraine and eventually went free. This was reported by the Fontanka publication and the Telegram channel "specifically.ru" .

The news The Insider February 25, 2025 A new scandal is flared up in the AI ​​industry: the next version of the GroK neural network from Xai Ilona Mask unexpectedly opposed its creator. Designed as the “most honest and uncompromising model”, she suddenly began to criticize the mask and its allies. Now Musk is urgently trying to introduce “crutches” into the service, which force the “most unquestioned neural network” to lie.

The Central Bank of Germany (Bundesbank) reported on the largest losses in history: in 2024 they amounted to € 19.2 billion. Because of this, the bank will again not be able to pay the state € 2.5 billion provided for in the budget. It is reported by Tagesschau. The cause of losses was a sharp increase in the rates of the European Central Bank (ECB) in the summer of 2022. Then the regulator raised bets in order to combat inflation, later they were slightly lowered.

News The Insider 25 February 2025 A new scandal is shaking up the AI industry as the latest version of Grok, developed by Elon Musk’s xAI unexpectedly turned against its own creator. Designed to be “maximally truth-seeking AI,” Grok has begun criticizing Musk and his allies. The billionaire is now scrambling to implement censorship measures that will force the tool to lie. The AI-focused tech blogger Zvi Mowshowitz was among the first to highlight the issue with Grok’s latest version.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an unexpected support for a contradictory transaction on rare-earth metals between the United States and Ukraine, writes Politico. Speaking at the Yalta European Strategy at the annual conference, Johnson said that he got acquainted with the last project of proposals and insists that he was more profitable for Ukraine than the original option.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Kazakhstan officially approved the construction site of the first nuclear power plant in the country. According to the resolution published in the database of regulatory acts, the station will be erected in the Zhambyl district of the Almaty region, near Lake Balkhash. The document was signed by the Government on December 30, 2024, however, he gained legal force only today, after the official publication.

The Council of Europe decided to suspend a number of restrictive measures in relation to Syria. According to the official press release of this European authority, the decision is part of the EU efforts to support the transition of power in the country, as well as its speedy economic restoration, reconstruction and stabilization.

US President Donald Trump canceled the directive adopted by the previous administration of Joe Biden, according to which the states that received American weapons should have guaranteeing in writing that they would not use it in violation of the norms of international humanitarian law. It is reported by The Washington Post with reference to sources.

Contents 1. What Grok 3 “thinks” 2. Musk tries to force Grok to lie 3. Grok fights back A new scandal is shaking up the AI industry as the latest version of Grok, developed by Elon Musk’s xAI unexpectedly turned against its own creator. Designed to be “maximally truth-seeking AI,” Grok has begun criticizing Musk and his allies. The billionaire is now scrambling to implement censorship measures that will force the tool to lie.

The Chinese Mark Road “Zhuzhong”, which worked at Mars from May 2021 to May 2022, revealed signs of underground coast deposits in the zone, which is supposed to be an ancient Martian Sea, the international team of researchers writes in his work . This discovery provides additional evidence that there once existed a large ocean on Mars. The Mark Road drove 1.9 km in formations, which are considered an ancient coastline formed about 4 billion years ago.

Despite active efforts to influence the outcome of the recent parliamentary elections in Germany, Russia’s disinformation campaign “gained minimal traction among authentic online audiences and struggled to break through into the wider conversation,” according to a Feb. 25 report by Forbes .

Antifacked After Trump, Putin appreciated Zelensky’s rating. And also lied The Insider 25 February 2025 Vladimir Putin, following Donald Trump, in an interview with VGTRK employee Pavel Zarubin, touched the theme of the rating of Vladimir Zelensky. Zarubin: - ... Everyone is discussing Trump, why he says so hard that Zelensky should go to the polls, that he has a rating of 4 percent. Europeans are very criticized by Trump for all these statements.

Almost two million inhabitants of Sudan, who suffered from the Civil War, lost access to food after more than 1,100 public canteens closed due to the freezing of American humanitarian aid, the BBC found out . Volunteers report that the Decree of President Donald Trump on the suspension of financing the US agency for international development (USAID) for 90 days led to the closure of about 80% of the power points for those in need.

The authorities can frozen the project to create a light multi-purpose turboprop aircraft “Baikal”, which was supposed to replace the outdated An-2 corn, designed back in 1947 and is still actively used in regional transportation, agriculture, forestry, etc. The deliveries of the “modern corn” were supposed to begin in 2024, but the terms of implementation were repeatedly shifted.