From TLDR 2025-02-18

FIRST 1.5-MILE STRETCH OF SAUDI'S AUDACIOUS LINE MEGACITY BEGINS TO
RISE (2 MINUTE READ) [9]

Construction has begun on the first phase of the Line, Saudi Arabia's
planned 170-kilometer-long megacity in the desert. The first phase,
which will stretch 2.5 kilometers, will be named Hidden Marina. It
will be made up of three individual modular segments measuring 21
million square meters. Hidden Marina will host an initial population
of around 200,000 residents. It will have 80,000 residential units,
9,000 hotel rooms, commercial and retail spaces, fire stations,
schools, police and security services, and other amenities. Residents
will have access to all daily essentials within a five-minute walk and high-speed rail will provide transit around the metropolis.

RESEARCHERS ARE TRAINING AI TO INTERPRET ANIMAL EMOTIONS (1 MINUTE
READ) [10]

Several teams around the world are working on AI systems to help
humans understand animals. A group at the University of the West of
England Bristol and Scotland's Rural College have developed a system
called Intellipig that examines photos of pigs' faces and notifies
farmers if there are signs of pain, sickness, or emotional distress,
and a team at the University of Haifa is training AI to identify signs
of discomfort in dogs' faces. These systems still rely on humans to do
the initial work of identifying the meanings of different behaviors.

THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS GREENLIT AI TOOLS FOR PRODUCT AND EDIT STAFF
(1 MINUTE READ) [20]

The New York Times is still in a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft
as the tech companies allegedly violated copyright law by training
generative AI on the publisher's content.

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[9] https://newatlas.com/architecture/line-construction-update-first-phase-feb/ ?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[10] https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/16/researchers-are-training-ai-to-interpret -animal-emotions/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[20] https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/the-new-york-times-has-greenlit-ai-tools -for-product-and-edit-staff/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

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