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OpenAI and global news publisher Axel Springer have signed an agreement that will allow ChatGPT to summarize news stories from publications such as Politico and Business Insider. The agreement provides for the provision of political and business media articles to Axel Springer as data for training AI language models by OpenAI. In particular, the content […]
The private messages tab on Instagram will become a little busier. The app introduces the option to add two-second looping videos and direct replies to notes, a feature similar to status updates that is located at the top of the private message tab. The feature was first introduced a year ago as a way to […]
Google has introduced an updated version of its Imagen neural network for image generation. Imagen 2 has expanded capabilities for creating texts and logos based on text prompts. The new model was developed with the involvement of specialists from DeepMind, a division of Google specializing in artificial intelligence technologies. According to the engineers, Imagen 2 […]
South Korean designers want to start production in 2 years after the start of work. The South Korean aerospace corporation Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has signed an agreement with the Taurus-LIG Nex1 consortium to develop a smaller version of the KEBD 350 Taurus cruise missile and has already begun work in this direction. It is […]
A team from the University of Tokyo has presented Alter3, a humanoid robot that can perform movements using the GPT-4 large language model (LLM). Alter3 uses the latest Open AI tool to dynamically assume various poses, from selfie pose to ghost imitation, all without the need for pre-programmed database entries. “Alter3’s response to spoken content […]
The Japanese company Interstellar Technologies (IST) has completed static fire tests of its ZERO liquid biomethane jet engine. The tests demonstrated the potential of biomethane derived from cow manure as an environmentally friendly rocket fuel. To achieve excellent performance, the ZERO combustion chamber has undergone extensive research and development in collaboration with the University of […]
This week, the US government announced another package of support in the defense sector. Its volume will amount to USD 200 million. Among other things, it included air defense system components. To date, such an item has never been found in the lists of arms transfers to the United States. Taking into account the fact […]
The ground operation in the Gaza Strip continues. A video of an Israeli Merkava 4 tank protecting its crew from a Hamas militant’s grenade launcher attack has been posted online. This was reported by The War Zone. The published video is one of the most striking examples of the Trophy active defense system (ADS). The […]
Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, is recalling more than 2 million cars due to an autopilot malfunction. This is the largest recall in the history of the automaker. This was reported by the publication Bloomberg. This comes after a two-year investigation by the US Federal Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) into Tesla’s autonomous driving technology. […]
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has conducted a large-scale test of a Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) missile system with a selectable stage that destroyed the target of an air-launched intermediate-range ballistic missile. Supported by contractors Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Raytheon, FTG-12 was a comprehensive test of MDA’s Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system and the ability […]