AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman foresees ‘breathtaking’ scientific discoveries, muses on geoengineering

October 10, 2023
OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman wasn’t a well known figure outside of the tech sector until recently, but following his company’s rapid ascent to the top of the competitive generative AI landscape propelled by its hit product ChatGPT, and his own “world tour” visiting politicians in different countries, he is becoming an increasingly important and influential voice on the global…
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DefenseNews

US Army ready to pursue electric light recon vehicle

October 10, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is ready to pursue a prototyping program for an electric light reconnaissance vehicle beginning in fiscal 2024, pending funding approval from Congress, the service’s program executive officer for combat support and combat services support told Defense News. “We’re ready to get working on that program,” Brig. Gen. Luke Peterson said in an interview ahead of the…
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DefenseNews

US Army embracing remote maintenance beyond Ukraine

October 10, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is applying the telemaintenance capability it developed in a parking lot in Poland to its most challenging logistical theater — the Indo-Pacific, according to the head of Army Materiel Command. “It has been a great enabler to the warfight in…
DefenseNews

US Army expects positive progress report toward clean audit in FY23

October 10, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is expecting a positive progress report toward achieving a clean audit for fiscal 2023, the service’s comptroller told Defense News in an interview ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual conference. While the final reports won’t be released until November, “we are really hopeful that this will be the first year for the Army that we will actually be…
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CryptoNews

Tensions in Israel Reverberate Globally — US Equities, Cryptos Falter Amid Mideast Conflict; Oil and Metals Capitalize – Market Updates Bitcoin News

October 10, 2023
Markets faced turbulence on Monday as all four major U.S. indices took a downward turn, influenced by the Israel-Hamas conflict which escalated into an outright war over the weekend. The crypto economy experienced a 1.8% dip against the U.S. dollar on the same day. Meanwhile, the onset of the Middle Eastern conflict spurred a surge in precious metals and crude oil prices. Mideast Crisis Sends U.S.
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