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🤖 Sam Altman warns that 'societal misalignments' could make AI dangerous
🛰️ SpaceX plans to deorbit 100 Starlink satellites due to potential flaw
💻 Nvidia unveils tool for running GenAI on PCs
🤔 iMessage and Bing escape EU rules
🔍 Google says it got rid of over 170 million fake reviews in Search and Maps in 2023
🎁 + 7 other news you might like
🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools
🤖 Sam Altman warns that 'societal misalignments' could make AI dangerousLINK
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed concerns at the World Governments Summit about the potential for 'societal misalignments' caused by artificial intelligence, emphasizing the need for international oversight similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Altman highlighted the importance of not focusing solely on the dramatic scenarios like killer robots but on the subtle ways AI could unintentionally cause societal harm, advocating for regulatory measures not led by the AI industry itself. Despite the challenges, Altman remains optimistic about the future of AI, comparing its current state to the early days of mobile technology, and anticipates significant advancements and improvements in the coming years.
🛰️ SpaceX plans to deorbit 100 Starlink satellites due to potential flawLINK
SpaceX plans to deorbit 100 first-generation Starlink satellites due to a potential flaw to prevent them from failing, with the process designed to ensure they burn up safely in the Earth's atmosphere without posing a risk. The deorbiting operation will not impact Starlink customers, as the network still has over 5,400 operational satellites, demonstrating SpaceX's dedication to space sustainability and minimizing orbital hazards. SpaceX has implemented an 'autonomous collision avoidance' system and ion thrusters in its satellites for maneuverability, and has a policy of deorbiting satellites within five years or less to avoid becoming a space risk, with 406 satellites already deorbited.
💻 Nvidia unveils tool for running GenAI on PCsLINK
Nvidia is releasing a tool named "Chat with RTX" that enables owners of GeForce RTX 30 Series and 40 Series graphics cards to run an AI-powered chatbot offline on Windows PCs.
"Chat with RTX" allows customization of GenAI models with personal documents for querying, supporting multiple text formats and even YouTube playlist transcriptions.
Despite its limitations, such as inability to remember context and variable response relevance, "Chat with RTX" represents a growing trend of running GenAI models locally for increased privacy and lower latency.
🤔 iMessage and Bing escape EU rulesLINK
Apple's iMessage has been declared by the European Commission not to be a "core platform service" under the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA), exempting it from rigorous new rules such as interoperability requirements.
The decision came after a five-month investigation, and while services like WhatsApp and Messenger have been designated as core platform services requiring interoperability, iMessage, Bing, Edge, and Microsoft Advertising have not.
Despite avoiding the DMA's interoperability obligations, Apple announced it would support the cross-platform RCS messaging standard on iPhones, which will function alongside iMessage without replacing it.
🔍 Google says it got rid of over 170 million fake reviews in Search and Maps in 2023LINK
Google announced that it eliminated more than 170 million fake reviews in Google Search and Maps in 2023, a figure that surpasses by over 45 percent the number removed in the previous year.
The company introduced new algorithms to detect fake reviews, including identifying duplicate content across multiple businesses and sudden spikes of 5-star ratings, leading to the removal of five million fake reviews related to a scamming network.
Additionally, Google removed 14 million policy-violating videos and blocked over 2 million scam attempts to claim legitimate business profiles in 2023, doubling the figures from 2022.
Other news you might like
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NASA's solar sail propulsion system now ready for space missions.LINK
Scientists create new laser-based method to 3D-print artificial cartilage.LINK
AI can’t patent inventions, only humans, US Patent Office says.LINK
Silicon Valley is resetting itself for more robust growth.LINK
The way AI will be sold to a skeptical public is starting to become clear.LINK
Latest research and tools
Non-code contributions: the often overlooked yet crucial elements such as documentation, localization, marketing, graphic design, testing, community management, and release management that significantly contribute to the success of open source projects.LINK
Sparkle: a software update framework for macOS that streamlines the process of delivering updates to users.LINK
GeneGPT: a tool-augmented LLM specifically designed for bioinformatics applications.LINK
OOHtml: a tool that extends standard HTML to support modular, reusable, and reactive markup using an object-oriented approach without the need for additional build tools.LINK
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