Scientists aren’t entirely sure how life began on Earth, but one prevailing theory posits that persistent cycles of wet and dry conditions on land helped assemble the complex chemical building blocks necessary for microbial life. This is why a patchwork of well-preserved ancient mud cracks found by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is so exciting to the mission’s team.
A new paper in Nature…
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OpenAI launches web crawling GPTBot, sparking blocking effort by website owners and creators
August 10, 2023
Without fanfare or an official announcement, ChatGPT maker OpenAI launched a new website crawling bot this week for scanning website content to train its large language models (LLMs). But after news of the bot broke, a revolt ensued, as website owners and creators quickly…
Today is a busy day of news from Nvidia as the AI leader takes the wraps off a series of new developments at the annual SIGGRAPH conference.
On the hardware front, one of the biggest developments from the company is the announcement of a new version of the GH200 Grace Hopper platform, powered with next-generation HBM3e memory technology. The GH200 announced today is an update to the existing GH200…
San Francisco-based Amplitude, the product analytics player that helps companies study consumer behavior to make necessary optimizations and drive better returns, today expanded its core platform with new AI smarts, namely new features called Data Assistant and Ask…
US Army splits testing phase of future missile defense radar
August 10, 2023
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army has begun developmental testing of its future missile defense radar in a new, two-phased approach, according to Brig. Gen. Frank Lozano, the service’s program executive officer for missiles and space.
The Lower Tier Air and Missile…
FORT LIBERTY, N.C. — Nearly a year into leading Army Futures Command, Gen. James Rainey says he’s no longer focused on modernizing the service; he wants to transform it.
The four-star command, based in Austin, Texas, opened five years ago to help the service modernize at an ambitious pace. It was originally meant to develop requirements and to work with the acquisition branch to produce nearly…
US Army plans to grow Patriot missile defense force
August 10, 2023
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army will grow its Patriot air and missile defense force structure, the head of Space and Missile Defense Command told reporters in an Aug. 8 briefing.
“The Army senior leaders — from the secretary [to] the chief — they recognize the…
At its Stream On event earlier this year, Spotify announced a partnership with Patreon that would bring subscriber-only podcasts from the creator platform to its streaming service. Today, that integration launches for all creators and users globally, allowing patrons to…
ROME — As Italy gets down to work with Japan on the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) with the aim of building a new sixth-generation fighter by 2035, it has boosted defense ties with Tokyo by dispatching F-35s for a first-ever training exercise in Japan.
Four Italian Air Force F-35As arrived at Komatsu air base in Japan on Friday ahead the exercise, which launched on Monday, after flying from…
