Elon Musk's frontier generative AI startup xAI formally opened developer access to its Grok 4.1 Fast models last night and introduced a new Agent Tools API—but the technical milestones were immediately subverted by a wave of public ridicule about Grok's responses on the social network X over the last few days praising its creator Musk […]
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In Myanmar, uncontrolled rare earth mining has surged in regions controlled by ethnic armies, particularly as China reduces its domestic extraction. Recent reports from Wa territory indicate that this mining is harming water supplies, forests, and the health of local workers and communities. Source: Yale E360
When I first wrote “Vector databases: Shiny object syndrome and the case of a missing unicorn” in March 2024, the industry was awash in hype. Vector databases were positioned as the next big thing — a must-have infrastructure layer for the gen AI era. Billions of venture dollars flowed, developers rushed to integrate embeddings into
The Sentinel-6B satellite lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in central California at 9:21 p.m. PST on Nov. 16.Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas About the size of a full-size pickup truck, a newly launched satellite by NASA and its partners will provide ocean and atmospheric
Brazilian farmers are pushing to lift a ban on planting soya on cleared land, a move that critics warn could lead to increased deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Source: BBC News
New research shows that Hawaiian short-finned pilot whales are aggressive hunters, diving deep into the Pacific Ocean to catch squid. By tracking eight whales, scientists found that each whale consumes dozens to hundreds of squid daily, leading to an estimated annual consumption of 88,000 tonnes of squid by the entire population. Source: All Top News
Harbor Structure Discovered at Thracian Port of Perinthos TEKİRDAĞ, TURKEY—Hürryet Daily News reports that a harbor structure has been found underwater at the Thracian site of Perinthos, which is located on the coast of the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Turkey. Zeynep Koçel Erdem of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University said that the structure was
Students Compete—and Cooperate—in FIRST Global Robotics Challenge Aspiring engineers from 191 countries gathered in Panama City in October to compete in the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge. The annual contest aims to foster problem-solving, cooperation, and inspire the next generation of engineers through three challenges that are inspired by a different theme every year. Teams of
New photonic chips passively convert laser light into multiple colors on demand Over the past several decades, researchers have been making rapid progress in harnessing light to enable all sorts of scientific and industrial applications. From creating stupendously accurate clocks to processing the petabytes of information zipping through data centers, the demand for turnkey technologies
Following an Executive Order by President Trump, HHS will increase funding of data-centered pediatric cancer research. Source: NIH News Releases
Dark matter acts surprisingly normal in a new cosmic test Dark matter may be invisible, but scientists are getting closer to understanding whether it follows the same rules as everything we can see. By comparing how galaxies move through cosmic gravity wells to the depth of those wells, researchers found that dark matter appears to
Move over açaí – the Amazon has more 'superfoods' to offer Açaí is everywhere, but Brazil hopes more of its fruits rich in antioxidants and fibre will soon be enjoyed around the world. Izvor: BBC News
NASA, European Partners Set to Launch Sentinel-6B Earth Satellite 5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Set to launch no earlier than Nov. 16, Sentinel-6B will continue the data record now being collected by its twin satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, which lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in November 2020 aboard
ChatGPT Group Chats are here … but not for everyone (yet) It was originally found in leaked code and publicized by AI influencers on X, but OpenAI has made it official: ChatGPT now offers Group Chats, allowing multiple users to join the same, single ChatGPT conversation and send messages to each other and the underlying
