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BASALT Minecraft competition aims to advance reinforcement learning

Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 on July 12th for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. Register today. Deep reinforcement learning, a subfield of machine learning that combines reinforcement learning and deep learning, takes what’s known as a reward function and learns to maximize the expected total reward. This works remarkably well, enabling systems to figure out how to solve…
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NewsSpace

Seeing Some Cosmic X-Ray Emitters Might Be a Matter of Perspective

. Seeing Some Cosmic X-Ray Emitters Might Be a Matter of Perspective Known as ultraluminous X-ray sources, the emitters are easy to spot when viewed straight on, but they might be hidden from view if they point even slightly away from Earth. It’s hard to miss a flashlight beam pointed straight at you. But that beam viewed from the side appears…
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MobileNews

After iPhone 13 cases, here are the molds on which they are based

We’ve seen a number of iPhone 13 cases, and one of those case makers has today shared photos of the molds on which they are based. The process of creating a case design before the launch of a new iPhone tends to have three steps, and can be a risky business … First, someone in the iPhone supply-chain leaks CAD models or schematics, which reveal things like the exterior dimensions and…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla patent reveals Elon Musk’s ‘table salt’ lithium extraction process that could slash costs

Tesla has applied for a new patent that is revealing the lithium extraction process that Elon Musk vaguely described as “using table salt to basically extract lithium from ore” during Tesla’s Battery Day last year. It could cut costs by more than 30%, according to the automaker. During Tesla’s Battery Day last year, the automaker unveiled a lot of new technologies that it couldn’t…
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