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‘The point was to dehumanise’: London Holocaust archive examines world’s first ‘viral’ antisemitism scandal

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Dreyfus affair has echoes of how anti-Jewish hatred manifests itself today, say curators at Weiner Library

It was the world’s first experience of antisemitism “gone viral”, said Barbara Warnock, a co-director of the oldest Holocaust archive, the Wiener Holocaust Library in London.

It was 1894 and printing presses were faster than ever before. France’s prohibitive censorship laws had been lifted, and then along came the Dreyfus affair: a public shouting match that followed the wrongful conviction for treason of Alfred Dreyfus, a 36-year-old French army captain.

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Tencent releases its Hy4 open-weight foundation model, which it says joins the top tier of Chinese open-weight AI for the first time, and plans a Flash version (Bloomberg)

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Tencent releases its Hy4 open-weight foundation model, which it says joins the top tier of Chinese open-weight AI for the first time, and plans a Flash version  —  Tencent Holdings Ltd. released a foundation model Wednesday that it said joins the top tier of Chinese open-weight AI systems for the first time.

US Midterm Blue Wave Puts AI, Data Centers in Spotlight

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Data center developers seeking to build dozens of artificial intelligence campuses across Texas are facing their worst-case scenario under newly-elected Democratic Governor Gina Hinojosa, who has called for an immediate moratorium on data center development. Bloomberg's Tom Giles breaks down what the midterm election results could mean for the tech sector. (Source: Bloomberg)