AI & RoboticsNews

What Meta learned from Galactica, the doomed model launched two weeks before ChatGPT

November 15, 2023
One year ago — and two weeks before OpenAI released ChatGPT — Meta released a research demo called Galactica. An open source “large language model for science” that was trained on data including 48 million scientific papers, Meta touted Galactica’s ability to “summarize academic literature, solve math problems, generate Wiki articles, write scientific code, annotate molecules and…
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CryptoNews

Ripple Partners With Onafriq to Enable Faster Cross Border Payments to Africa – Africa Bitcoin News

November 15, 2023
Ripple and the Africa-focused payment fintech startup Onafriq recently said they are collaborating to enable crypto-based cross-border payments between Africa and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the U.K., and Australia. Using Ripple’s platform helps Onafriq achieve its goal of making borders “matter less when it comes to payment within, to, and from Africa.” Accelerating Financial…
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DefenseNews

Sierra Nevada to supply US Army with intel-gathering jets in $554M deal

November 14, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army selected Sierra Nevada Corp. to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft and related services for an ongoing overhaul of its aerial spying and targeting capabilities. The company’s RAPCON-X, converted Bombardier business jets, won approval for the Army’s Theater Level High Altitude Expeditionary Next Airborne ISR-Signals Intelligence project…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla removes purchase clause that threatened to sue Cybertruck scalpers

November 14, 2023
After backlash over the weekend to the Tesla’s plan to sue early Cybertruck owners for $50k if they try to flip their vehicles, the company updated its purchase agreement to remove Cybertruck-specific no-reselling clause. This weekend, we reported that Tesla will sue you if you try to flip your low-VIN Cybertruck. At issue was a clause in Tesla’s standard Motor Vehicle Purchase Agreement…
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