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A team of George Mason University scientists has received a federal grant of more than $13 million to work with the Department of the Navy to study and better understand increased solar activity that could potentially cause an “internet apocalypse” disrupting all electronic communications on Earth, including satellite communications.

Research from the grant, which will total $13.6 million in expenditures over five years, will be done in collaboration with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and will include state-of-the-art data mining, analysis, and scientific modeling, among other endeavors, led by Mason faculty, students and staff. Under the terms of the contract, Mason provides scientific support for a broad range of astronomy-related activities that are of interest to the U.S. Navy and the nation at large.

“The main focus is on solar activity and the way it can impact systems on Earth,” said principal investigator Peter A. Becker, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy within the College of Science. “This is especially important to the Navy—and more broadly the Department of Defense—because high-energy outbursts from the sun can have a strong negative impact on earthly radio and internet communications. And they can also have a detrimental effect on navigation systems and energy grids on Earth.”

As artificial intelligence (AI) reaches the peak of its popularity, researchers have warned the industry might be running out of training data – the fuel that runs powerful AI systems.

This could slow down the growth of AI models, especially large language models, and may even alter the trajectory of the AI revolution.

But why is a potential lack of data an issue, considering how much there are on the web? And is there a way to address the risk?

Affected users have been trying to create a support ticket, but they can’t do that without access to their Starlink accounts. Starlink customer service is nowhere to be found.

This is not a networking terminology but quite literally the vegetable grown using 5G technology.

Telia.

5G is the latest generation of mobile telephony commercially available and has been touted as a game changer in various fields. This service’s use cases that provide high-speed internet with low latency extend from medicine to gaming and entertainment to manufacturing.

Not a perfect presentation but a quantum Internet will be nice. The question is, how will bad actors/Black Hat hackers adapt?

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Another good use for AI. Fighting disinformation.

About 60% of adults in the US who get their news through social media have, largely unknowingly, shared false information, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center. The ease at which disinformation is spread and the severity of consequences it brings — from election hacking to character assassination — make it an issue of grave concern for us all.

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The widespread use of electronic devices to interact with others and access the internet has increased the need for highly performing communication technologies that can transmit data faster and more efficiently. Increasing the data transmission rate of devices without adversely impacting their energy efficiency, however, is a challenging task.

Researchers at University of Southampton in the UK recently developed a promising new transmitter based on complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology and silicon photonics. This transmitter, introduced in Nature Electronics, was found to achieve remarkable data transmission rates while consuming minimal energy.

“The integration of silicon photonics with electronics is essential for producing practical systems for numerous applications,” David J. Thomson, one of the authors of the paper, told Tech Xplore.

Web3D projects from around the community to inspire your next 3D project on the web.

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Elon Musk, renowned entrepreneur and co-founder of OpenAI, made an exciting announcement on November 3. Musk revealed that xAI, a subdivision of OpenAI, will be releasing its first artificial intelligence, Grok, to a select group of users. In his tweet, Musk stated that Grok is “the best that currently exists” in many crucial aspects.

Grok, a groundbreaking AI assistant, promises to revolutionize information accessibility and browsing capabilities. Unlike other models, Grok has the unique ability to offer real-time access to information through the powerful platform. Through this platform, Grok can fetch up-to-date information from the internet on any given topic, providing users with comprehensive and timely insights.

Musk also highlighted Grok’s distinctive feature of possessing internet browsing capabilities, similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. This grants Grok the capability to not only provide information but also engage in meaningful conversations with users, making it a truly versatile AI assistant.