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ChatGPT rival Pi launches on Android

December 9, 2023
Inflection AI, the Palo Alto-based startup founded by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, just announced that its AI chatbot ‘Pi’ is now available as a dedicated app on Android. The move, which is expected to give billions of users access to Pi, comes as the latest effort from the year-old startup to take on OpenAI’s widely popular ChatGPT and other new…
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CryptoNews

El Salvador Introduces Exclusive Citizenship Through $1 Million Crypto Investment

December 9, 2023
El Salvador has unveiled a new citizenship investment program, the “Freedom Visa,” open to a limited number of applicants. By investing $1 million in bitcoin or tether, participants can secure Salvadoran citizenship. El Salvador’s Bold Bid: Citizenship for Crypto Millionaires In a newly announced move, El Salvador, recognized for granting bitcoin (BTC) legal tender status in 2021, has now…
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New York City opens 8,500 acres of parking lots to solar canopies

December 9, 2023
New York City has relaxed its zoning laws for renewables, including opening over 8,500 acres of parking lots for solar canopies. The New York City Council approved the “City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality,” a game-changing zoning code update that will make it easier to deploy clean energy and EV chargers, along with other sustainable initiatives. Mayor Eric Adams said, “By modernizing our…
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NASA Helps Study One of the World’s Most Diverse Ecosystems

December 9, 2023
An international team of researchers spent October and November 2023 in the field studying one of the world’s most biologically diverse areas – South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region. As part of the effort, researchers used NASA airborne and space-based…
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Students Create Elaborate Homemade Machines for JPL Competition

December 9, 2023
Some 250 students hauled homemade machines they’d spent weeks honing to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Friday, Dec. 8, for the 24th annual JPL Invention Challenge. The rules for the creative engineering competition change every year, but the overall goal is the same: Build a device capable of accomplishing a specified task within 60 seconds. This year, teams needed…
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