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Jul 9, 2024

A first physical system to learn nonlinear tasks without a traditional computer processor

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Scientists run into a lot of tradeoffs trying to build and scale up brain-like systems that can perform machine learning. For instance, artificial neural networks are capable of learning complex language and vision tasks, but the process of training computers to perform these tasks is slow and requires a lot of power.

Training machines to learn digitally but perform tasks in analog—meaning the input varies with a physical quantity, such as voltage—can reduce time and power, but small errors can rapidly compound.

An electrical network that physics and engineering researchers from the University of Pennsylvania previously designed is more scalable because errors don’t compound in the same way as the size of the system grows, but it is severely limited as it can only learn linear tasks, ones with a simple relationship between the input and output.

Jul 9, 2024

SenseTime unveils SenseNova 5o, China’s first real-time multimodal AI model to rival GPT-4o

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

1/ Chinese AI company SenseTime introduced its new multimodal AI model SenseNova 5o at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, which SenseTime claims is China’s first GPT-4o-level multimodal real-time model.

2/ It processes audio, text, image and video data to interact with users as if they…


Chinese AI company SenseTime introduced its new multimodal AI model SenseNova 5o and the improved language model SenseNova 5.5 at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference.

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Jul 8, 2024

Bridge RNA: A new gene editing technique that could overcome the limitations of CRISPR

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

Find out how the recent discovery of a bacterial molecular oddity known as bridge RNA, has led to the creation of a novel gene editing tool.

Jul 8, 2024

Beyond Borders: Applying Modern Conflict Laws as Framework for Outer Space Governance

Posted by in categories: energy, finance, governance, law, military, satellites, surveillance

Moreover, the concept of limitation, which dictates that the means and methods of warfare are not unlimited, can help prevent the escalation of conflicts in space by imposing restrictions on the use of certain weapons or tactics that could cause indiscriminate harm or result in long-term consequences for space exploration and utilization. Given a growing number of distinct weapons systems in orbit – from missile defense systems with kinetic anti-satellite capabilities, electronic warfare counter-space capabilities, and directed energy weapons to GPS jammers, space situational awareness, surveillance, and intelligence gathering capabilities – legal clarity rather than strategic ambiguity are crucial for ensuring the responsible and peaceful use of outer space.

Additionally, the principle of humanity underscores the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect, including astronauts, cosmonauts, and civilians who may be affected by conflicts in space. By upholding this principle, outer space law can ensure that human rights are protected and preserved, particularly in the profoundly challenging environment of outer space. Moreover, with civilians on the ground increasingly tethered to space technologies for communication, navigation, banking, leisure, and other essential services, the protection of their rights becomes a fundamental imperative.

The modern laws of armed conflict (LOAC) offer a valuable blueprint for developing a robust legal framework for governing activities in outer space. By integrating complementary principles of LOAC or international humanitarian law with the UN Charter into outer space law, policymakers can promote the peaceful and responsible use of outer space while mitigating the risks associated with potential conflicts in this increasingly contested domain.

Jul 8, 2024

Dark Side Of ‘The Next AI Trade’: Seizing Private Property For Transmission Lines

Posted by in categories: government, robotics/AI

According to Fox 45 Baltimore, the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) is a new plan to build a 70-mile 500,000-volt transmission line across three counties: Frederick, Baltimore, and Carroll. The line will connect a substation in southern Frederick County and supply the area with additional load capacity to handle surging power demand from AI data centers.

MPRP’s website explains that the new transmission lines will require the acquisition of private property through the use of an eminent domain, or government-mandated seizure to complete the construction.

“If PSEG and a property owner cannot agree on mutually acceptable value, PSEG may seek to use the power of eminent domain using the process set forth by the state of Maryland to acquire the necessary property rights,” the developer’s website states.

Jul 8, 2024

Scout Space selected for DARPA’s commercial tech initiative

Posted by in categories: government, military, robotics/AI, space

WASHINGTON — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected the startup Scout Space to participate in the BRIDGES (Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems) consortium.

BRIDGES, launched by DARPA in 2023, aims to connect innovative small companies and nontraditional defense contractors with classified Department of Defense research and development efforts. The initiative seeks to bridge the gap between cutting-edge commercial technologies and classified defense needs, particularly in areas considered critical to maintaining U.S. military superiority.

Scout Space, based in Reston, Virginia, develops satellite flight software and space domain awareness sensors. The company announced July 8 it was selected by DARPA for its proposal outlining an approach to “advancing autonomous in-space threat response.”

Jul 8, 2024

Nine ventures join first SoCal-UK Space Accelerator

Posted by in categories: finance, space

TAMPA, Fla. — Mandala Space Ventures, a Californian venture studio and incubator, announced July 8 the nine United Kingdom-based startups participating in its UK Space Agency-funded accelerator program this fall.

The eight-week virtual course starts Sept. 3 and culminates with an in-person investor pitch day at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California.

The SoCal-UK Space Accelerator creates a “transatlantic portal for great ideas from the U.K.,” said Mandala founder and CEO Leon Alkalai, helping prepare them for venture capital and access to the U.S. market.

Jul 8, 2024

How Quantum Computing Is Already Changing the World

Posted by in categories: computing, encryption, quantum physics, security

The power of quantum computing drives a desperate need for quantum encryption. This megatrend is creating a multi-billion-dollar security market.

Jul 8, 2024

Lab-grown human brain tissue used to control robot

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Scientists merged human brain-like tissue with a computer chip and taught tiny robots how to navigate obstacles and grasp items.⁠


Scientists take another step towards organoid ‘hybrid intelligence.’

Jul 8, 2024

Exoplanet’s Rotten Egg Smell Revealed by Webb Telescope

Posted by in category: alien life

“Sulfur is a vital element for building more complex molecules, and—like carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and phosphate—scientists need to study it more to fully understand how planets are made and what they’re made of,” said Dr. Guangwei Fu.


How do exoplanets smell? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the atmosphere of HD 189,733 b, which is a “hot Jupiter” located approximately 64 light-years from Earth, discovering this unique exoplanet’s atmosphere contains hydrogen sulfide, which is a byproduct of sulfur and known for its rotten egg-like smell. This discovery holds the potential to help astronomers better understand the atmospheric composition of exoplanets and how these compositions can drive the interior processes of these exoplanets, as well.

Artist’s illustration of HD 189,733 b. (Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins Univeristy)

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