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OpenAI strikes content deal with Condé Nast, raising questions about future of publishing

August 26, 2024
Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has reached an agreement with Condé Nast, the publisher behind Vogue, The New Yorker, and Wired, in a move that could reshape the media landscape. The multi-year partnership grants OpenAI access to Condé Nast’s extensive content archive while providing the publisher with advanced technology tools.   We’re partnering with Condé Nast to deepen the…
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How Piramidal is using AI to decode the human brain

August 23, 2024
The human brain is ultimately one of the last frontiers — a paradoxical black box that we can’t even begin to understand ourselves.But what if, just as paradoxically, AI could interpret the complexities of the brain to help identify and diagnose some of our most serious diseases? That’s exactly what Y Combinator-backed startup Piramidal has set out to do. The company is building a…
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DefenseNews

Signal battalions to be rebuilt for modern combat, Army says

August 23, 2024
The Army is restructuring its signal battalions as advancements in technology and a laser-focus on its network dovetail with a shift from brigade to division-centric combat plans. Final details for restructuring the battalions came after years of merging job specialties in signal fields. Army Lt. Gen. John Morrison, deputy chief of staff for Army G6, which implements command, control…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

1,000 hp McMurtry makes US debut, promptly sets records [video]

August 23, 2024
The absolutely bonkers, 1,000 hp McMurtry Speirling fan car has crossed the Atlantic, and it’s doing the same thing here that it did in Europe: go scary fast and shatter hillclimb records. The impossibly fast McMurtry Speirling electric fan car that wowed crowds at the Goodwood Festival of Speed two years ago has made a lot of progress since. For one, it’s gone from prototype to limited…
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