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Any chip with a Smurf on it is going to automatically be 10% faster.

A case of the bubonic plague has hit Oregon, and the likely cause was a cat.

Health officials in Deschutes County announced last week that a resident, who has not been identified, had been diagnosed with the plague, in the state’s first human case in eight years. The individual was likely infected by their cat, the department says.

“All close contacts of the resident and their pet have been contacted and provided medication to prevent illness,” said Dr. Richard Fawcett, the Deschutes County Health Services Officer.

1X’s androids use Embodied Learning, integrating AI software directly into their physical forms for advanced capabilities.

Maximizing adaptable hardware potential, 1X employs comprehensive autonomy, teaching motor behaviors via neural networks from visual input.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sets ambitious goals for Starship, including a Moon mission in 5 years, a private space station, and Pentagon interest.

In addition to movies and themeparks, Disney is now also operating in robotics space but taking a different approach from the rest.

Disney is challenging our very notion of what constitutes a robot and if they need to work alone at all times to be effective.

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“We are facing an almost guaranteed event with potential to cause an existential catastrophe,” says Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy.

There is no current evidence that AI can be controlled safely and without proof that AI can be controlled, it should not be developed, a researcher warns.

“This is Frame, a reinvention of eyewear for the AI era,” says Brilliant Labs.

Brilliant Labs has become the latest company to introduce a pair of smart glasses called Frame.

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There are many pain points that warrant discussions between the two nations but AI could be the thing that brings them to the table.

Relations between the United States and China have been downward recently. Topics like artificial intelligence (AI) and such technology in automated weapons could be common points of interest to get the two countries talking again.

Tensions between the two nations have been on the rise for a host of issues. Recently, the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s burgeoning presence in the South China Sea, and the supply of powerful chips in the technology space have been areas of disagreement on both sides.

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Sales slowed in 2023, but heat pumps are gaining ground on fossil fuels.

Heat pumps are still a hot technology, though sales in the US, one of the world’s largest markets, fell in 2023.