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Federal Tipoffs Involving Illinois Newsletter for Wednesday July 10, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Argonne Develops New Kind of AI Model for Weather Prediction
ARGONNE, Illinois, July 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * New large language model can provide high-accuracy forecasts from even low-resolution data * * * Being able to create accurate weather models for weather forecasting is essential for every aspect of the American economy, from aviation to shipping. To date, weather models have been primarily based on equations related to thermodynamics and fluid dynamics   more

FHLBank Chicago Now Accepts Mortgage Collateral Using VantageScore 4.0 to Increase Opportunities for Underserved Borrowers and Close the Homeownership Gap
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 10 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on July 9, 2024: * * * Expanded Mortgage Collateral Option Gives Member Financial Institutions Additional Resource to Originate Loans to More Diverse and Creditworthy Homebuyers * * * The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) and VantageScore announced today that member financial institutions can now pledge mortgage collateral usin  more

Ill. U.S. Attorney: Justice Department Leads Efforts Among Federal, International, and Private Sector Partners to Disrupt Covert Russian Government-Operated Social Media Bot Farm
ROCKFORD, Illinois, July 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois posted the following news release on July 9, 2024: The Justice Department today announced the seizure of two domain names and the search of 968 social media accounts used by Russian actors to create an artificial intelligence-enhanced social media bot farm that spread disinformation in the United States and abroad. They used elements of artificial intelligence (AI) to create fictitious social me  more