Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s New Investment Firm Deepens His Ties to the U.S. Military
June 9th, 2022Via: Recode: Perhaps most interesting is Schmidt’s connection to AFF CEO Gilman Louie. Louie was one of 15 commissioners on the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI), where Schmidt was chair. From 2018 to 2021, the commission developed policy recommendations on how AI could be used to promote US national security. Their work was […]
Tesla Going Back to Radar for Self Driving System
June 8th, 2022Via: Electrek: Tesla has filed to use a new radar in its electric vehicles, and everyone is confused since Elon Musk has made it clear that Tesla plans to achieve self-driving with camera-based vision only. After years of using a suite of sensors that included both cameras and a radar, Tesla announced a transition to […]
Solid Power: Slow Progress with Solid State Batteries
June 8th, 2022Via: Ars Technica: Solid Power, a Colorado-based battery developer, moved one step closer to producing solid-state batteries for electric vehicles on Monday. The company has completed an automated “EV cell pilot line” with the capacity to make around 15,000 cells per year, which will be used first by Solid Power and then by its OEM […]
The Top 10 Creepiest and Most Dystopian Things Pushed by the World Economic Forum (WEF)
June 5th, 2022Via: Vigilant Citizen: Here are the 10 most dystopian things that are being pushed by the WEF right now. This list sorted is in no particular order. Because they’re all equally crazy. Related: “Environmentally-Friendly Digital Children Who Will Not Deplete the Planet of Any of Its Natural Resources”
Elon Musk Says Tesla May Have a Working Humanoid Robot Prototype by September 30
June 5th, 2022Remember the one about the AI robotaxis taking to the roads in 2020? And now… Via: Electrek: Elon Musk announced that Tesla might have a working prototype of Tesla Bot, also known as Optimus, Tesla’s humanoid robot, by September 30, the end of the third quarter of 2022.
Japan Tests New Generator That Harvests Energy from Deep Ocean Currents
June 5th, 2022The article states, “The company now plans to scale up to a full 2 megawatt system that could be in commercial operation in the 2030s or later.” Two megawatts over the next couple of decades isn’t nothing, but, to give you an idea of how small this is: Ford just put 13.5 megawatts of solar […]
“Environmentally-Friendly Digital Children Who Will Not Deplete the Planet of Any of Its Natural Resources”
May 31st, 2022Wow. Via: Study Finds: The overpopulation crisis could be solved within 50 years thanks to the evolution of “virtual children,” one of Britain’s leading artificial intelligence experts claims. Computer-generated babies that cost about $25 a month are likely to become commonplace by the early-2070s, according to Catriona Campbell. In addition to her expertise in AI, […]
OpenAI’s GPT-3 and Other Neural Nets Can Now Write Original Prose with Mind-Boggling Fluency
May 29th, 2022Via: New York Times Magazine: So far, the experiments with large language models have been mostly that: experiments probing the model for signs of true intelligence, exploring its creative uses, exposing its biases. But the ultimate commercial potential is enormous. If the existing trajectory continues, software like GPT-3 could revolutionize how we search for information […]
Twitter Paying $150 Million in Settlement Over Using Phone Numbers for Targeted Ads
May 26th, 2022Via: Cnet: Twitter is paying a $150 million penalty as part of a settlement over the US Federal Trade Commission’s allegations that it used account security data like phone numbers and email addresses to target advertising at users. The company had told users their phone numbers and emails would be used to protect their accounts […]
Chinese Scientists Develop Plan to Destroy Starlink Satellites
May 26th, 2022Via: Newsweek: A team of Chinese researchers has reportedly published a study calling for anti-satellite capabilities that could disable Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites if deemed necessary. The study was led by Ren Yuanzhen, a researcher with the Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications, and co-authored by scientists within China’s defense industry according to the South […]
