The Australian Space Agency has revealed its shortlist of names for the country’s first lunar rover — and you can help choose the winner by casting your vote.
In partnership with NASA, the agency’s Australian-made, semi-autonomous rover is slated to launch to the moon as part of a future Artemis mission by as early as 2026. The rover will have the ability to pick up lunar rocks and dust, then bring the specimens back to a moon lander operated by NASA.
Why it matters: While AI algorithms are seemingly everywhere, processing on the most popular platforms require powerful server GPUs to provide customers with their generative services. Arm is introducing a new dedicated chip design, set to provide AI acceleration even in the most affordable IoT devices starting next year.
The Arm Cortex-M52 is the smallest and most cost-efficient processor designed for AI acceleration applications, according to the company. This latest design from the UK-based fabless firm promises to deliver “enhanced” AI capabilities to Internet of Things (IoT) devices, as Arm states, without the need for a separate computing unit.
Paul Williamson, Arm’s SVP and general manager for the company’s IoT business, emphasized the need to bring machine learning optimized processing to “even the smallest and lowest-power” endpoint devices to fully realize the potential of AI in IoT. Despite AI’s ubiquity, Williamson noted, harnessing the “intelligence” from the vast amounts of data flowing through digital devices requires IoT appliances that are smarter and more capable.
Vernor Vinge is one of the foremost thinkers about the future of artificial intelligence and the potential for a technological singularity to occur in the coming decades. He’s a science fiction writer who’s had a profound impact on a wide range of authors including: William Gibson, Charles Stross, Neal Stephenson and Dan Simmons.
Many of Vinge’s works are brilliant. Among them are some of my all-time favorites in the SF genre. And he’s been recognized with numerous awards, including seven Hugo nominations and five wins, despite writing only eight novels and 24 short stories and novellas over a span of five decades.
In this video, I discuss his early works from the 1960s to the 1980s. His later works from the 1980s onward are the subject of my next video.
0:42 What is a technological singularity? 4:51 A.I. in science fiction history. 5:38 Should we be afraid? 6:59 Who is Vernor VInge? 8:50 Short stories. 11:26 Tatja Grimm’s World (1969, 1987) 13:47 The Witling (1976) 17:40 True Names (1981)
ETH Zurich researchers deployed an autonomous excavator, called HEAP, to build a 6-meter-high and 65-meter-long dry-stone wall. The wall is embedded in a digitally planned and autonomously excavated landscape and park.
The team of researchers included Gramazio Kohler Research, the Robotics Systems Lab, Vision for Robotics Lab, and the Chair of Landscape Architecture. They developed this innovative design application as part of the National Center of Competence in Research for Digital Fabrication (NCCR dfab). Their work has been described in Science Robotics.
Using sensors, the excavator can autonomously draw a 3D map of the construction site and localize existing building blocks and stones for the wall’s construction. Specifically designed tools and machine vision approaches enable the excavator to scan and grab large stones in its immediate environment. It can also register their approximate weight as well as their center of gravity.
Q* appears to apply a RL technique that uses AI generated data and teaches LLMs how to solve multi step logic problems Q* techniques can be applied to GPT-5 endowing it with excellent reasoning and retrieval skills This may not be AGI but it is an extremely powerful LLM.
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
Meet the fast-legged TITA robot, which made its first appearance at the ICRA 2023 Robotics Show. Easily switching between wheeled and walking modes, the robot with eight degrees of freedom is able to move quickly on any terrain. In addition, the developers report that TITA combines exceptional perceptual abilities with advanced decision-making capabilities. Its maneuverability, sleek design, modular construction and ability to quickly swap payloads and accessories make it a true Swiss knife in the world of security and service robots. TITA also has exceptional fall resistance, improved self-healing capabilities, instant response time and enhanced obstacle avoidance ability. The robot easily adapts to difficult terrain and, importantly, supports secondary development in multiple modes. The latter not only allows you to control it at any level using RPC, but also allows you to program the robot for your tasks. If TITA has captured your heart as well as ours, you can learn more about the robot and even buy it for yourself by using the QR code on the screen.
DARPA launches a new project to develop incredible military technology for underwater warfare, the US, UK and Australia test autonomous groups of military robots, ChatGPT independently developed a robot, and NASA plans a $10-quintillion mission! See these and other high-tech news in one video!
00:00 In this video. 00:30 Tita robot. 1:40 Combat robot drills. 2:46 New DARPA project. 4:12 ChatGPT creates robots. 5:43 Tesla ready to share technology. 6:41 A single-seat multicopter goes on sale. 7:46 High tech collision. 8:42 NASA begins exploring Psyche. 9:58 New robot guide. 10:35 An ingenious AI gadget. 11:48 Boston Dynamics upgrades robot Spot. 12:45 Robot chef learns to cook from video. 13:40 Drone to search for objects in murky waters. 14:44 New agricultural robot. 15:21 Delivery robots take over the world.
Ocean Eye will illuminate the hidden realms of marine biodiversity and pave the way for unprecedented insights into the ocean using lidar technology and advanced sensors.
In a groundbreaking initiative, researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Aarhus University spearhead the Ocean Eye project. This revolutionary undertaking aims to transform our understanding of marine biodiversity using cutting-edge optical technologies, according to a university press release.
The project utilizes a combination of hyperspectral cameras, lasers, and artificial intelligence on an autonomous vessel to gather comprehensive data on coastal waters, surpassing the limitations of traditional methods.
Challenging the uncharted depths
Despite 71 percent of Earth’s surface being covered by water, a staggering 91 percent of marine species remain unidentified, creating a substantial blind spot in our knowledge of marine biodiversity. Traditional methods employing divers and drones have proven challenging and expensive, leading DTU to pioneer the Ocean Eye project.
Reportedly, OpenAI’s secret breakthrough which precipitated the ousting of Altman is called Q*.
Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s firing, a number of employees wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity.