AI & RoboticsNews

Senate begins private AI meetings, says tech to ‘impact nearly every area of life’

After months of buildup, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) finally opened the U.S. Senate’s inaugural bipartisan AI Insight Forum this morning, in which all 100 senators have the opportunity to get a crash course on a variety of issues related to AI, including copyright, workforce issues, national security, high risk AI models, existential risks, privacy, transparency and…
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CryptoNews

'What Is an NFT' the Most Searched for Crypto-Related Phrase in the US — Study – Featured Bitcoin News

The phrase “What is an NFT?” has been the most searched for crypto-related term with 39,459 average monthly queries, an analysis of nearly 300 questions has shown. With a search rate of 26,283, the queries for the phrase “What is the blockchain” were 1,681% more than the average search volume for the analyzed questions. U.S. Residents Most Curious About NFTs An analysis of frequently…
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Coinbase Founder Brian Armstrong Reveals Plans to Integrate Lightning Network – Bitcoin News

According to Coinbase founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, Coinbase is actively working on integrating the Lightning Network (LN), the second-layer scaling protocol. Armstrong emphasized that bitcoin “is the most important asset in crypto” and added that the integration of LN would require more time. Coinbase on Track to Adopt Lightning Network, Says CEO Brian Armstrong Brian Armstrong has…
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DefenseNews

Dutch Navy improves radar, adds Tomahawk missile to fleet

LONDON — The Royal Netherlands Navy is upgrading its fleet to better handle existing and anticipated threats, with air defense and command frigate De Ruyter recently completing a midlife upgrade that provides the ship with a sophisticated ballistic missile defense…
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French-British underwater drone proves de-mining ability, says Thales

STUTTGART, Germany — Recent sea trials of a remotely operated underwater vehicle proved it is capable of neutralizing naval mines, a new milestone for the Franco-British Maritime Mine Countermeasures program, French firm Thales announced Wednesday. The program’s prime contractor and lead system integrator successfully demonstrated this final component of its system for the MMCM program, dubbed…
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