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☆ ChatGPT just turned one, and even some OpenAI employees can't believe the way its first year has played out
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

When it was first launched, OpenAI leaders framed it as a "low-key research preview." AdvertisementChatGPT turned one today, and if you're surprised by its impact, you're not alone — so are some OpenAI employees. Today, the term "low-key research preview" has become something of a meme among OpenAI's employees. OpenAI employees have even used the phrase as laptop stickers, per the Atlantic. "The outside world probably thinks we're all joking, but this actually was our 'low-key research preview,'" wrote Fedus.

Persons: ChatGPT, —, OpenAI, Google's Bard, Goldman Sachs, Greg Brockman, William Fedus Organizations: Service, UBS, Meta, Bloomberg

☆ Fact Check: Clips of nuclear attacks are from movies, not released by Kremlin
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A compilation of scenes of nuclear weapons attacks is made up of excerpts from several movies, and is not, as suggested in online posts, an animation released by the Kremlin depicting nuclear attacks on U.S. cities. Posts on social media said: “The Russian Kremlin just released this animation depicting multiple nuclear strikes on American cities. Does this worry you?” The video shows various nuclear missiles in flight followed by explosions across North American cities. The scene in timestamps 0:17-0:25 of the circulating video shows nuclear weapons launched from the sky toward a city. The social media video is a compilation of explosion scenes from several well-known movies, and there is no evidence it was released by the Kremlin.

Persons: Ethan Hunt, Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger, ”, Nicholas Cage, Read Organizations: Russian Kremlin, Russian, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign, Facebook, Galactica, YouTube, MetLife, Empire, Kremlin, Reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, Vancouver, British Columbia, San Francisco , California, ”, Manhattan , New York, New York City

☆ 4 experts explain why Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars is 'romanticized', not 'realistic', 'cosmic vandalism'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Four scientists told Insider his plan is bad for technical, scientific, and ethical reasons. Yes, experts agree we might want to settle other worlds, but Mars might not be our best bet, at least not now, four scientists told Insider. SpaceX's first priority is "establishing a cargo route to Mars," Musk told the Washington Post in 2016. From Mars, Musk told the IAC, people could go to the asteroid belts, the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and the Kuiper belt. AdvertisementAdvertisementEssentially, terraforming Mars would involve melting its polar ice caps, which would release CO2 reserves.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Ray Bradbury's, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Christopher Edwards, He's, Musk, Refugio Ruiz Musk's, they'd, he's, Edwards, PATRICK T, FALLON, there's, Bruce Jakosky, Jakosky, Andrew Coates, Coates, Mars, terraformed, Alexander Gerst, Rachael Seidler, Refugio Ruiz, Seidler, Jeff Bezos, Buzz Aldrin, Chris McKay, " Edwards, that's Organizations: Service, Northern Arizona University, SpaceX, Mars SpaceX, International Astronautical, Washington Post, IAC, Elon Musk, NASA, Getty, Mars, ESA, University College London's, Science, University of Florida, AP, JPL, Caltech, SETI, Center for Strategic, International Studies, NASA's Ames Research Center Locations: Texas, Mars

☆ Don’t Stop Believin’? Considering a TV Golden Age, 10 Years Later
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Marc Tracy | More About Marc Tracy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Was there one show that provoked you to write the book? It felt extremely daring in being one of the first shows where 9/11 was being treated in a fully rounded way. Have any of the shows in the book not stood up as much as you expected? Quite the opposite: The shows you think might have been dated have proven riveting in ways they maybe weren’t even when they were on. Not surprisingly, because the book ends making the point that one doesn’t have to be that difficult to create these wonderful shows.

Persons: ”, Tony Soprano, Walter White, Vince Gilligan Organizations: Teamsters, HBO Locations: America

☆ Self-healing metal? It's not just the stuff of science fiction
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Self-healing metal is still just science fiction, right? Metal fatigue can cause catastrophic failures in areas including aviation - jet engines, for instance - and infrastructure - bridges and other structures. It occurs at the nanoscale, and we have yet to be able to control the process," Boyce added. Scientists in the past have fashioned some self-healing materials, mostly plastics. Study co-author Michael Demkowicz, a Texas A&M University professor of materials science and engineering, predicted self-healing in metal a decade ago.

Persons: Ryan Schoell, Khalid Hattar, Dan Bufford, Chris Barr, Craig ., Read, Brad Boyce, Boyce, Michael Demkowicz, Demkowicz, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: government's Sandia National Laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, M University, Thomson Locations: New Mexico, WASHINGTON, Texas

☆ TV’s War With the Robots Is Already Here
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Davis.” With the Writers Guild of America strike, that premise has broken the fourth wall. The robots are here, and the humans are racing to defend against them, or to ally with them. In essence, writers are asking the studios for guardrails against being replaced by A.I., having their work used to train A.I. The big-ticket items in the strike involve, broadly, how the streaming model has disrupted the ways TV writers have made a living. And when it comes to distinguishing features, the ability to conjure imaginary worlds is simply sexier than the opposable thumb.

☆ Streaming broke the career ladder, striking Hollywood writers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

How to train and support a new generation of writers is a sticking point in contract negotiations between the WGA, which represents 11,500 film and TV writers, and Hollywood's major studios. Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) and other streaming services began crafting shorter series in "mini rooms" with fewer writers. The WGA, however, is seeking a requirement for at least six TV writers per series, with half of them being employed throughout the production. Now, half of all writers work at minimum salary levels, the WGA said. "I want to be part of fighting for a better future," Smith said while holding a "Writers Guild of America On Strike" sign.

Meta's LLaMA, short for Large Language Model Meta AI, will be available under non-commercial license to researchers and entities affiliated with government, civil society, and academia, it said in a blog. Large language models mine vast amounts of text in order to summarize information and generate content. "Generative AI is a new application of AI that Meta has less experience with, but is clearly important for the future of their business." It described its 65-billion-parameter LLaMA model as "competitive" with Google's Chinchilla70B and PaLM-540B, which are even larger than the model that Google used to show off its Bard chat-powered search. Meta in May last year released large language model OPT-175B, also aimed at researchers, which formed the basis of a new iteration of its chatbot BlenderBot.

☆ Russian oligarchs' superyachts have avoided the US west coast and the Mediterranean since Russia invaded Ukraine, heat maps show
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russian oligarchs' superyachts were detected in different regions after the Ukraine war began. Heat maps show oligarchs' yachts have avoided America's west coast and the Mediterranean. The MediterraneanSpire MaritimeSpire's data found that the Mediterranean was a hotspot for Russian oligarchs' superyachts before Russia invaded Ukraine. Turkey still offers a safe haven for Russian oligarchs' assets because it's yet to sanction Russia for its aggression against Ukraine. Arabian SeaSpire MaritimeSpire's data also honed in on the movements of Russian oligarchs' yachts around the Arabian Sea.

☆ These heat maps show the dramatic change in the movements of oligarchs' superyachts since Russia invaded Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The video game industry also flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic as people increasingly turned to digital entertainment during lockdowns. However, video game music has not always hit all the right notes to be specifically recognized at the Grammys. But game music is breaking ground through technological innovation and new avenues for consumers to experience it. This includes live immersive video game concerts, video game scores across platforms like YouTube,Twitch, TikTok and Fortnite, remixes and collaborations, augmented and virtual reality and even eye-tracking technology. Collaborating with game developers and audio teams informs his ability to write music that can be smoothly integrated into a video game.

☆ Google's big fear is AI running wild. After ChatGPT, it's too late.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

It's in Google's financial interest to present itself as a responsible custodian of AI. On Monday, some of Google's most senior executives, including CEO Sundar Pichai, senior vice president James Manyika, and the chief executive of its AI research unit DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, published an explainer on their approach to AI research, titled "Why we focus on AI (and to what end)." This is a "thinly veiled swipe at OpenAI and ChatGPT", according to a research note from Richard Windsor of Radio Free Mobile. In other words: If ChatGPT and its successors cause widespread havoc, it'll ruin AI adoption for everyone, including Google. There'll be more ChatGPT momentsThere is a flood of money pouring into generative AI startups promising real-world applications.

☆ 'The Vow Part Two' review: HBO turns to the Nxivm and Keith Raniere trial in docu-sequel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The bizarre and salacious nature of “The Vow,” with its intensely detailed look at the Nxivm cult, made the docuseries an understandable sensation, so much so that HBO came back for more. While “The Vow Part Two” gives viewers a front-row seat of the federal trial against founder Keith Raniere, it’s a more fragmented exercise that feels unduly stretched over six parts. Despite Nxivm’s obsession with loyalty, it’s a good reminder that what happens in Vegas seldom stays there. “Allison is a victim who was sent out to do something that she believed was good because she believed Keith was good,” Salzman explains. Warts and all, the totality of “The Vow,” including the earlier episodes, makes for fairly intoxicating viewing.

☆ Gestul făcut de Sergio Ramos care i-a înfuriat pe șefii de la Real Madrid! Plecarea fundașului este din ce în ce mai aproape
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-02 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesGestul făcut de Sergio Ramos care i-a înfuriat pe șefii de la Real Madrid! Internaționalul spaniol a intrat în ultimele săptămâni ale contractului său cu Real Madrid, iar discuțiile cu privire la prelungirea înțelegerii se pare că au stagnat. Fundașul de 35 de ani a câștigat cinci titluri în La Liga și patru trofee UEFA Champions League în cele 16 sezoane petrecute la Real Madrid. Se pare că între Sergio Ramos și Real Madrid a apărut o ruptură care cu greu mai poate fi reparată. Real Madrid i-a adus și un înlocuitor lui Sergio Ramos.

Persons: Sergio Ramos, Ramos, Luka, Santiago, David Alaba Organizations: Real Madrid, Liga, UEFA Champions League Locations: PSG, Spaniei, Bayern

☆ Lovitură de proporţii: Zidane e gata să plece! Real Madrid i-a găsit rapid înlocuitor din "echipa Galactică"
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesLovitură de proporţii: Zidane e gata să plece! Real Madrid i-a găsit rapid înlocuitor din "echipa Galactică"Zinedine Zidane (48 de ani) a alimentat zvonurile cu privire la posibila plecare a sa de la Real Madrid la finalul acestui sezon, după eliminarea din semifinalele Champions League în faţa lui Chelsea. "Obositul şi iritatul Zidane e gata să renunţe la poziţia sa", scrie sursa citată. De la apariţia pandemiei de coronavirus, Real Madrid s-a confruntat cu o serie de probleme mari de efectiv, cauzate atât de infectări, cât şi de desele accidentări. Nu în ultimul rând, Zidane s-a săturat de rutina zilnică: face acelaşi lucru în fiecare zi, de 12 luni încoace.

Persons: Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, Chelsea, Goal.com, Marcelo, îşi, Deşi, Aceştia, Raul Gonzalez, Joachim Low, Florentino Perez Organizations: Real Madrid, Champions League, UEFA Champions League, Atletico, UCL, Castilla, EURO Locations: Atletico şi, Barcelona, Realului, Germaniei

☆ „Zilele cosmonauticii la vinăria Cricova.” Sunteți gata pentru o expediție în spațiu?
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-08 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Atunci, haideți la bordul vinăriei Cricova de pe 10 până pe 12 aprilie de „Ziua Cosmonauticii”. Sejurul astronautului a durat o noapte și o zi, timp în care a fost plimbat pe renumitele străzi, a asistat la procesul de fabricare a vinurilor și a stat la discuții cu muncitorii. A fost servit cu bucate tradiționale, a degustat și i s-au dăruit vinuri alese. Pentru un gust și mai intens, acesta va fi servit alături de un cocktail făcut din spumantul Cricova. Capsula spațială va fi deschisă pentru vizitatori de la 10.00 până la 18.00.

Persons: haideți, Iuri Gagarin, Sejurul Locations: Moldova, Cricova, Regatul Vinului, spumantul Cricova

☆ Ceban, supărat foc pe reprezentanții MEI: Vă lăsați cutiile de viteză în găuri din cauza unor iresponsabili care se scarpină într-un loc
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Primarul Capitalei, Ion Ceban, s-a arătat supărat foc pe reprezentanții Ministerului Economiei, din cauza cărora, spune el, municipalitatea nu poate să înceapă programul de reabilitare a drumurilor din Capitală, chiar dacă bani există. "Vin cu o adresare publică către Ministerul Economiei, e foarte rău, orașul e plin de glod, pentru că nu ați făcut ce trebuia, nu aveți nimic, nici laborator, nici asfalt, nici responsabilitate. Totodată, Ion Ceban s-a arătat revoltat de starea dezastruoasă a drumurilor din Capitală. Potrivit lui, șoferii care circulă prin Chișinău se simt de parcă ar fi pe planeta Marte, iar în curând Capitala se va transforma într-o gaură mare. Reprezentanții MEI nu au venit deocamdată cu o reacție la acuzațiile aduse de edilul Capitalei.

Persons: Ion Ceban, Ion Organizations: Ministerului Economiei, Ministerul Economiei Locations: Capitalei, Capitală, Chișinău

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