🌟 Europe shifts into high gear on AI: 259 billion

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On today’s menu:

France becomes Europe’s AI nerve center with a historic €109 billion investment plan and a major strategic European alliance
OpenAI is gearing up for a revolution with GPT-5, a unified model that promises to make AI accessible to everyone, no complicated setup required
A Harvard study reveals that AI now matches human experts at phishing, with a worrying success rate of 54%

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THE DEFINITION OF THE DAY

Zero-Shot Learning

Zero-Shot Learning is an approach in artificial intelligence where a model can correctly recognize or classify things it never saw during its training phase, relying solely on descriptions or general knowledge it has already acquired.

THE TOP STORY

🇫🇷 AI in France: An ambitious action plan

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🔴 LIVE Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the AI Summit in Paris

On February 10 and 11, 2025, Paris became the global epicenter of artificial intelligence. A historic event that brought together leaders, entrepreneurs and experts to map out the future of AI, with major announcements along the way.

Major investments for the future

€109 billion in private investment announced by France, including 50 billion from the United Arab Emirates for a mega data center
€150 billion mobilized at the European level to build continental champions
A strategic alliance among major European companies (ASML, Airbus, Siemens, etc.)

Concrete initiatives

Current AI: 400 million for public-interest AI (health, education)
Training: a goal of 100,000 young people trained in AI every year
A Free-Mistral AI partnership to democratize access to AI

A distinctive European vision

61 countries signed a declaration for “open” and “inclusive” AI
A focus on ethics, protecting rights and the environment
Building an independent European ecosystem to stand up to the United States and China

Why I’m telling you this ⤵️

This summit marks a turning point in Europe’s ambition to carve out a “third way” on AI, between the American and Chinese models. With these massive investments and a balanced approach between innovation and ethics, France is positioning itself as a key player in this major technological shift.

🚀 A unified GPT-5 to replace OpenAI’s pile of models

Big changes are coming to the world of artificial intelligence. OpenAI is redefining its strategy with a more unified, intuitive approach to its AI models.

Details:

GPT-4.5 “Orion” lands in the coming weeks, the last model before the big revolution
The o3 project is being dropped in favor of folding it directly into GPT-5
A “magic” AI that automatically adapts to your needs, no complicated setup required
Democratized access: unlimited use of the standard tier for free users
Deep Research coming soon to every subscription tier

Why I’m telling you this ⤵️

This strategic overhaul (details here) marks a turning point in OpenAI’s approach: you no longer need to be an expert to use AI effectively. The upcoming GPT-5 promises an experience as natural as using a smartphone – powerful but easy to pick up. Facing competition from DeepSeek and Mistral AI, this simplification could be the key to keeping OpenAI ahead in the AI race.

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LEARN TO MASTER AI

💡 The “educated layperson” technique: a new way to interact with AI

An innovative approach has just emerged in the world of AI interaction: the “educated layperson” technique, introduced by Amanda Askell of Anthropic. This method changes the way we communicate with language models like Claude or ChatGPT.

Here’s how to use it effectively:

Strike a balanced stance: Think of the AI as a well-read person discovering a new subject, rather than a complete beginner
Favor clarity: Speak simply without sacrificing technical precision
Use this template prompt:
“Can you explain this text to me clearly and smoothly, the way you would for an educated layperson? Give concrete examples and leave no gray areas.”

This technique works especially well for:

Getting relevant summaries
Understanding complex concepts
Writing accessible content
Exploring new subjects in depth

This approach is a reminder of a basic truth: we are all enlightened learners in some fields, trying to understand the world around us.

WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS

🎣 Alarming results on AI-assisted phishing

A recent Harvard study sheds light on a troubling reality: AI systems can now run automated phishing campaigns as effectively as human experts.

Details:

The researchers compared four different approaches: standard phishing, human experts, automated AI, and human-supervised AI
The AI-generated emails achieved an impressive 54% click-through rate, matching human attackers and far outpacing the 12% of traditional spam
The AI showed a remarkable ability to automatically analyze targets, with an 88% accurate profiling rate using only public data
Operating costs were cut by up to 50 times compared with manual attacks, using models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4, despite their safety guardrails

Why I’m telling you this:
This development marks a major turning point in cybersecurity. The combination of high effectiveness, low costs and massive scalability creates fertile ground for malicious activity. It’s becoming crucial to raise awareness and prepare users for this new generation of threats, because current protection mechanisms may fall short in the face of this new reality.

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