Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Chinese Test Flight of New Stealth Aircraft
December 26th, 2024Via: The Warzone: In something of a stunning development, China appears to already be flying a stealthy, high-performance sixth-generation crewed combat aircraft, imagery of which began to emerge today. pic.twitter.com/IZ9BlwjoOc — Justin Bronk (@Justin_Br0nk) December 26, 2024
UFOs Are Monitoring Nuclear Weapons Globally
December 24th, 2024Via: Jesse Michels:
Outsource Your Mind to Your AI Companion
December 23rd, 2024Via: Rob Braxman Tech:
Honda and Nissan to Merge as Pivot to EVs Accelerates
December 23rd, 2024Via: Electrek: Honda and Nissan will team up to build EVs as they look to keep pace with Tesla and BYD. The Honda and Nissan EV merger will create one of the world’s largest auto groups as they look to pull a third Japanese automaker into the partnership. … During a press conference (via Reuters), […]
Is OpenAI’s o3 Model AGI?
December 21st, 2024I doubt it’s actually AGI, but it looks impressive. If it’s any consolation, they let it use a very nontrivial amount of compute to pull this off. If/when this thing gets the ability to iterate on itself… Well, that’s probably not going to go well for humanity. In the demo, they show it generating and […]
Ghost Music: Spotify Playlists Contain “Anonymous, Low-Cost Playlist Filler” to Avoid Paying Royalties to Real Musicians
December 20th, 2024Give ’em what they want… Via: Harper’s Magazine: According to a source close to the company, Spotify’s own internal research showed that many users were not coming to the platform to listen to specific artists or albums; they just needed something to serve as a soundtrack for their days, like a study playlist or maybe […]
Ukraine: Millions of Hours of Drone Video to Train AI for Battle
December 20th, 2024Via: Reuters: As the future of warfare pivots towards artificial intelligence, Ukraine is sitting on a valuable resource: millions of hours of footage from drones which can be used to train AI models to make decisions on the battlefield. AI has been deployed by both sides on the battlefield during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to […]
FAA Temporarily Bans Drones in Parts of New Jersey
December 19th, 2024Via: ABC News: The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ban on drone operations in several areas of New Jersey until Jan. 17, unless operators are granted special permission from the government due to “special security reasons.” … The temporary flight restrictions, which are set to last until Jan. 17, have been implemented beginning Wednesday in […]
Big Brother Camera Surveillance Changes Visual Perception
December 18th, 2024Via: Study Finds: The results were remarkable: “Our surveilled participants became hyper-aware of face stimuli almost a second faster than the control group. This perceptual enhancement also occurred without participants realizing it,” says Seymour. This held true whether the faces were looking directly at them or away, though both groups detected direct-gazing faces more quickly […]
Trump on Drones: “The Government Knows What Is Happening”
December 16th, 2024When asked if he has been briefed, he won’t comment. Via: The Hill: President-elect Trump on Monday said the Biden administration knows what is happening with the flurry of drone sightings in the northeast, suggesting it was not a hostile adversary and questioning why officials were not more forthcoming. “The government knows what is happening. […]
