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Books: Hundreds of books created by artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT are flooding Amazon, showing the way the technology can be adopted to produce books at scale

Hundreds of books created by artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT are flooding Amazon, showing the way the technology can be adopted to produce books at scale.

Nearly 300 titles that claim to be written solely by or in collaboration with ChatGPT are listed on the online bookseller’s website, across a range of genres including non-fiction, fantasy and self-help.

Many of the books appear to be published using Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing tool, which allows users to quickly create, publish and promote their work using a modern-day equivalent of the self-publishing model.

A Leaning Tower of Pisa-Sized Asteroid Will Sweep by Earth in 2046

A newly discovered asteroid called 2023 DW has generated quite a buzz over the past week due to an estimated 1-in-670 chance of impact on Valentine’s Day 2046. But despite a NASA advisory and the resulting scary headlines, there’s no need to put an asteroid doomsday on your day planner for that date.

The risk assessment doesn’t have as much to do with the probabilistic roll of the cosmic dice as it does with the uncertainty that’s associated with a limited set of astronomical observations. If the case of 2023 DW plays out the way all previous asteroid scares have gone over the course of nearly 20 years, and further observations will reduce the risk to zero.

Nevertheless, the hubbub over a space rock that could be as wide as 165 feet (50 meters) highlights a couple of trends to watch for: We’re likely to get more of these asteroid alerts in the years to come, and NASA is likely to devote more attention to heading off potentially dangerous near-Earth objects, or NEOs.

OpenAI CEO cautions AI like ChatGPT could cause disinformation, cyber-attacks

Society has a limited amount of time “to figure out how to react” and “regulate” AI, says Sam Altman.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has cautioned that his company’s artificial intelligence technology, ChatGPT, poses serious risks as it reshapes society.

He emphasized that regulators and society must be involved with the technology, according to an interview telecasted by ABC News on Thursday night.

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Artificial leaf can produce 40 volts of electricity from wind or rain

This process of harvesting energy from rain is new.

Researchers in Italy have engineered an artificial leaf that can be embedded within plants to create electricity from raindrops or wind. It functions extremely well under rainy or windy conditions to light up LED lights and power itself, according to a report by IEEE Spectrum.

Fabian Meder, a researcher studying bioinspired soft robotics at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa, Italy, told the science news outlet that the system could be practical for agricultural applications and remote environmental monitoring in order to observe plant health or monitor climate conditions.

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It functions extremely well under rainy or windy conditions to light up LED lights and power itself, according to a report by IEEE Spectrum published on Wednesday.

World’s first solar panel ‘carpet’ on railway tracks may generate electricity

The Swiss startup’s pilot project will focus on the Western public rail system and cost around $437,240.

European startup Sun-Ways has devised a mechanical device to deploy removable solar panels along railway tracks.

This innovation could be implemented on half of the railway lines across the globe, according to the Swizerland-based energy startup.

UK to invest over $3 million in Rolls Royce’s Moon nuclear reactor

Rolls-Royce is now aiming to “have a reactor ready to send to the Moon by 2029.”

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) said on Friday it would invest a significant amount in Rolls-Royce’s project to produce nuclear power on the moon.

The government agency will now invest £2.9 million (around $3.52 million) in the project in order to “deliver an initial demonstration of a UK lunar modular nuclear reactor.”

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In a statement, the UKSA outlined how researchers from Rolls-Royce had been working on a Micro-Reactor program “to develop technology that will provide the power needed for humans to live and work on the Moon.”

European Space Agency’s Hera to inspect DART asteroid impact debris

The recent observations prove that not all asteroids are boring objects simply hanging out in space.

Gone are the days when we believed asteroids to be just large rocks hanging out in space. As space exploration has progressed, we have come to note that they are much more complex than that.

A great example of this is the asteroid Didymos, which according to a new study published on Monday, is literally spitting rocks into outer space due to the excessive speeds at which it is spinning.

Didymos has been studied for quite some time now in preparation for NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) and the European Space Agency’s Hera mission.

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So what would happen if we ever came face to face with such an apocalyptic scenario?

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FCC agrees on a new framework for satellite coverage for smartphones

The framework will enable satellite access for smartphone users in emergency situations.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) intends to establish a new regulatory framework to enable connections between satellite operators and wireless firms to connect smartphone users in isolated or underserved regions worldwide.

FCC stated in a release that it aims to “create clear and open protocols to facilitate supplemental coverage from space.”

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Today’s adoption of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking followed a series of presentations and announcements concerning satellite-cellular combinations.