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☆ UK official discusses UK-Saudi deal to boost research and innovation ties
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailUK official discusses UK-Saudi deal to boost research and innovation tiesAndrew Griffith, U.K. minister of state for science, research and innovation, names the areas of science and technology that the two countries want to collaborate on, saying it's "all about the shared challenges."

Persons: Andrew Griffith Locations: Saudi

☆ Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus: Why moon-landing missions are hard to do
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Kristin Fisher | Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The lunar lander called Odysseus or IM-1, created by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, is barreling toward the moon. If it fails, Odysseus would become the third lunar lander to meet a fiery demise on the moon in less than a year. Russia’s first lunar lander mission in 47 years, Luna 25, failed in August 2023 when it crash-landed. Overall, more than half of all lunar landing attempts have ended in failure — tough odds for a feat humanity first pulled off nearly 60 years ago. The US remains the only country to have put humans on the lunar surface, most recently in 1972 with the Apollo 17 mission.

Persons: Odysseus, Luna, Ispace, Japan —, hasn’t, Scott Pace, George Washington, “, ” Pace, Artemis, ”, Greg Autry, “ There’s, India’s, Jitendra Singh, Satish, Satish Baby, ” Singh, Astrobotic, Steve Altemus, it’s, Glynn Lunney, ” Autry, “ Neil, Armstrong, “ We’ve, Joel Kearns Organizations: CNN, Technology, Policy Institute, ”, Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management, State for Science, Indian Space Research Organisation, Space, Getty, Economic Times, NASA, Payload Services, Johnson Space Center, AP Locations: United States, Houston, Japan, Soviet, States, China, India, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, AFP, New York, Los Angeles, what's

☆ China says it will work with the world on AI governance even as tension with U.S. persists
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailChina says it will work with the world on AI governance even as tension with U.S. persistsThe U.K. government invited China to the AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park — and it raised some eyebrows. But China said it will work with the world on artificial intelligence governance. Michelle Donelan, U.K. Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, discusses why it was important to invite China to the summit hosted by Britain.

Persons: Michelle Donelan Organizations: China, AI, State for Science, Innovation, Technology, Britain Locations: China, Bletchley

☆ China says it will back global consensus on AI amid tech clash with U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The UK Government are hosting the AI Safety Summit bringing together international governments, leading AI companies, civil society groups and experts in research to consider the risks of AI, especially at the frontier of development, and discuss how they can be mitigated through internationally coordinated action. His comments were delivered at the U.K.'s AI safety summit, which officially kicked off Wednesday at Bletchley Park, England. Wu Zhaohui, China's vice minister of science and technology, said the country was willing to "enhance dialogue and communication in AI safety with all sides." That has placed significant pressure on China's generative AI developers, many of which rely on Nvidia's chips. Raimondo also said the U.S. would look to launch an AI safety institute, hot on the heels of the U.K announcing its own intentions for a similar initiative last week.

Persons: Gina Raimondo, Michelle Donelan, China Wu Zhaohui, Leon Neal, Getty, Wu Zhaohui, Raimondo Organizations: State for Science, Innovation, Technology, Science, AI, Bletchley Park, Government, U.S, Bletchley, Union, U.S . Department of Commerce, U.K Locations: BLETCHLEY, ENGLAND, China, Bletchley , England, Beijing, Bletchley Park, England, U.S . China, U.S, Bletchley

☆ The world's first real AI rules are coming soon. Here's what they will look like.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The EU may be the first to enact generative AI regulation. The EU is likely to be the first region to enact some form of oversight or regulation around generative AI. The European Commission, which includes two dozen countries, is in late-stage negotiations over the AI Act, which it dubbed "the world's first rules on AI." Some AI tools could be banned in EuropeThe Act was first proposed in 2021, before OpenAI released its generative AI tools ChatGPT and DALL-E, leading the likes of Meta, Google, and Microsoft, to become public players in and leading proponents of generative AI. That one requirement could be enough to keep consumer-level generative AI out of China almost entirely.

Persons: —, OpenAI, they've, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Blumenthal, Michelle Donnelan Organizations: Service, EU, European Commission, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Companies, EU Commission, White, Department for Science, Innovation, Technology, State for Science, Partnership, Carnegie Endowment, International Locations: China, EU, Brazil, Europe, China Brazil

☆ UK has not backed down in tech encryption row, minister says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Britain's Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan walks on Downing Street in London, Britain March 15, 2023. Junior minister Stephen Parkinson appeared to concede ground to the tech companies' arguments on Wednesday, saying in parliament's upper chamber that the Ofcom communications regulator would only require them to scan content where "technically feasible". Tech companies have said scanning messages and end-to-end encryption are fundamentally incompatible. Donelan, however, denied on Thursday that the bill had been watered down in the final stages before it becomes law. She said further work to develop the technology was needed, but added that government-funded research had shown it was possible.

Persons: Technology Michelle Donelan, Peter Nicholls, Michelle Donelan, Stephen Parkinson, Paul Sandle, Helen Popper Our Organizations: State for Science, Innovation, Technology, REUTERS, Junior, Ofcom, Tech, Times Radio, Thomson Locations: London, Britain

☆ India blasts Chandrayaan-3 lander toward moon's south pole
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Nivedita Bhattacharjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

About 16 minutes later, ISRO's mission control announced that the rocket had succeeded in putting the Chandrayaan-3 lander into an Earth orbit that will send it looping toward a moon landing next month. India's much-awaited moon mission Chandrayaan-3 has been scheduled for launch on July 14, 2023. [1/5]India's LVM3-M4 lifts off carrying the Chandrayaan-3 lander from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, India, July 14, 2023. The lunar landing is expected on Aug. 23, ISRO has said. Modi had earlier said on Twitter that the moon mission "will carry the hopes and dreams of our nation".

Persons: Jai Hind, Satish, Space, Stringer, ISRO's, Narendra Modi's, Modi, India, Technology Jitendra Singh, Nivedita, Kevin Krolicki, Jamie Freed, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Indian Space Research, Soviet, YouTube, REUTERS, ISRO, Twitter, State for Science, Technology, Skyroot Aerospace, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Andhra Pradesh, India, United States, Soviet Union, China, Sriharikota, Bengaluru

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