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As Anthropic seeks billions to take on OpenAI, ‘industrial capture’ is nigh. Or is it?

Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More In May 2021, Dario Amodei, former VP of research at OpenAI, co-founded Anthropic with his sister Daniela (also an OpenAI employee), and explained that the company was primarily focused on AI safety research. But even back then, he said that he could see…
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GamingNews

XSET acquires women’s gaming org Queens Gaming Collective

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Gaming lifestyle organization XSET has acquired Queens Gaming Collective to further its goals of promoting inclusivity and diversity in gaming. XSET and Queens are relatively new organizations; both were founded in 2020. Last year, XSET raised $15 million in Series A funding. Queens Gaming…
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NASA Awards Innovative Concept Studies for Science, Exploration

Technology in development today could radically change the future of air and space exploration. Nearly silent electric aircraft could ferry people and packages around cities, a sprawling radio telescope array on the far side of the Moon could reveal new secrets about the universe, and astronauts on long-duration missions could grow their own medicines to protect their health. These concepts are…
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Scientists Use NASA Satellite Data to Determine Belize Coral Reef Risk

Using two decades of NASA satellite measurements stored in the cloud, scientists recently assessed the vulnerability of Belize’s renowned coral reefs to bleaching and collapse. The findings could help management authorities protect the reefs from human impacts such as development, overfishing, pollution, and climate change. The 185-mile-long (298-kilometer-long) barrier reef system off the coast…
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