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There were always hallucinations. Antonio Auffinger, a mathematics professor at Northwestern University (United States), recalled to AFP that a year ago, "there were always hallucinations," meaning inventions or gross errors in the reasoning of even the most advanced models. #IntelligenceArtificielle #Mathématiques #CriseExistencielle (translated)

"Completely shaken by an existential crisis in my field," reacted Terence Tao, winner of the Fields Medal (the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in mathematics), to AFP, and signatory with 24 other awardees of a statement published by Le Monde denouncing a "serious misalignment" between the current use of AI and mathematics. #IntelligenceArtificielle #Mathématiques #CriseExistencielle (translated)

The results of all four referendums are within expectations. The outcome of the legislative referendum is very close, while the picture is much clearer for the consultative ones. There was no pronounced package voting, where the percentages for and against the individual referendums would be more comparable and closer together. Dr. Marko Hočevar, a political scientist and political analyst, stated that "the results of all four referendums are within expectations." #referendumi #politika #Slovenija (translated)

Impact reported that a 31-year-old woman accused a police officer of sexual assault during a high school protest on Thursday, October 8, in front of Hélène-Boucher High School in Paris. She was participating in a chain of adults positioned between the police and the high school students. According to her account, an officer allegedly reached between two shields and rubbed her intimate parts for several seconds. Immobilized, she was unable to push him away. Her partner, a municipal official, allegedly confirmed that he heard her scream that she was being sexually assaulted before helping her escape. The woman then attempted to locate the officer but claimed that many police officers were not wearing their identification numbers. An ongoing investigation was opened after her complaint to the IGPN, according to Impact. #AgressionSexuelle #Justice #MobilisationLycéenne (translated)

"fully supports the call for a genuine energy truce, to which Ukraine is willing," reacted French President Emmanuel Macron after American President Donald Trump announced an energy truce between Kiev and Moscow, reports AFP and Agerpres. #armistitiuEnergetic #Ucraina #EmmanuelMacron (translated)

Impact wrote that Evan, 15, who had lost a hand in the explosion of a police grenade in Lens, denied having picked it up, contrary to what the prosecution had claimed. According to the author, the teenager, injured on Monday, October 5, during a high school protest, also contested any involvement in violence, according to his lawyer. Impact added that this version had been widely relayed by the media, sometimes presented as established, while witnesses had contested it from the day of the events. The lawyer denounced, according to the author, a position of the prosecution formulated before Evan's hearing and in the absence of a video of the explosion. The teenager's mother had filed a complaint and the investigation by the IGPN was ongoing to establish the circumstances of the tragedy. #JusticePourEvan #LutteContreLaViolence #DroitsDesJeunes (translated)

Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY ARMISTICE in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Both sides have agreed. Do not violate it! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP President of the USA, Donald Trump, stated that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to cease attacks on energy infrastructures, reports AFP and Reuters, according to Agerpres. #armistitiu #Rusia #Ucraina (translated)

"We got ourselves to safety, went to the middle of the house, and did everything that should be done - and fortunately, we came away unharmed." In the coastal community of Mary Esther near Destin, resident Matt Howard told the news agency AFP that he was lucky the storm had weakened. #HurrikanIsaias #Tropensturm #Überschwemmungen (translated)

The Ukrainian counterpart of Degtiarev, Matvii Bidnîi, stated for AFP that Russia misleads the IOC with its claims that it has ceased sports activities in the annexed Ukrainian territories during the current "special military operation." #RăzboiulÎnSport #JocurileOlimpice #Ucraina (translated)

The suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with additional revenue to carry on its war. Now is not the time to ease the pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do this," Kaja Kallas wrote on social media, according to Agerpres, which cites AFP. #RăzboiUcraina #SancțiuniRusia #KajaKallas (translated)

The newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported that emails obtained by the Federal Police indicated that senator and presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) shared a bank account at Santander with lawyer and businessman Willer Tomaz, who is suspected of being involved in a money laundering scheme linked to frauds in the INSS. According to the newspaper, both denied the allegations. The information was initially revealed by UOL and was confirmed by Folha. #Política #Corrupção #Brasil (translated)

Forum for Democracy stated that the claim that a low VAT rate would cost the government a lot of money pretended as if the state earned the money and the workers took it away. The party called that reasoning the world upside down. #btwtarief #overheid #werkgelegenheid (translated)

"The suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with additional revenue to continue its war. It is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do this," Kaja Kallas wrote on the social media platform X, AFP reports, according to Agerpres. #sancțiuni #Rusia #motorină (translated)

"The United States, represented by me, your president, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but it was not so." Just like last year, Donald Trump expressed indignation on Friday that he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize, stating that he "had never heard" of the laureate announced earlier in the day, Navi Pillay, AFP reports. #DonaldTrump #PremiulNobel #Pace (translated)