🤖 China Blocks Popular AI Site

What's up? You're reading Inclined AI. It’s been a whole weekend. It’s time to wake up from your “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2” coma and return to the grind.

Here's what you missed while binging that game:

• Hugging Face is blocked in China

• AI wants to customize sports bets for you

• Spotify intends to revamp Discover

• Blame Prometheus for your AI worries

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Ah, Hugging Face, the AI startup known for its cuddly name and a ridiculous 365,000 open-source AI models, just got ghosted by China.

Why? Good question. But let's be honest, was this a surprise? China's been swiping left on tech faster than you can say "Tinder."

"The Chinese AI community is incredible," says a Hugging Face spokesperson, but there's "not much we can do against government regulations."

Indeed, this $4.5 billion startup's situation is like a teen stuck in a "no phone at the dinner table" rule—but on a national level.

So, what's got China's AI-policing knickers in a twist this time?

Perhaps it's the local laws that came into effect in August, requiring AI companies to register their services and stick to content rules—a bit of déjà vu for anyone who recalls the on-again, off-again relationship between China and GitHub.

But here's the rub:

China can't afford to put itself in a tech timeout.

Just listen to the Zhihu forum users (before their thread got vaporized, of course). "Shutting oneself off like this is really determining that, in the AI field at least, we will inevitably be behind," says one commenter. Ouch.

In a world where AI is the new global currency, blocking access to innovation hubs like Hugging Face is like saying no to free money.

Sure, it's complicated—but China, are you willing to leave that kind of change on the table?

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AI is bringing its A-game to sports betting.

SharpLink Gaming's in-testing BetSense is your pocket-sized bookie, using machine learning to determine if you're the type to bet the house on the Giants or just enjoy some low-stakes fantasy fun.

"It’s not like Netflix or your financial stuff, it’s very transactional," says SharpLink's CEO Rob Phythian.

Uh-huh, but here's where it gets wild:

BetSense knows what you like when you like it, and—brace yourself—even offers you tailored deals based on the weather or player injuries.

We're talking about the Spotify 'Wrapped' of sports betting here.

Sound exciting? Sure, but let's pump the brakes.

If everyone's got a personalized bookie in their pocket, what does that mean for the ethics and safety of gambling? 

That's not just a Pandora's box—it's a Pandora's sports arena.

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