The successful launch brings SpaceX closer to its most recently stated goal of qualifying its Falcon 9 first stage vehicles to support 40 missions each. Since that goal was outlined more than two years ago and the company has continued flying its experienced boosters safely across dozens of missions, SpaceX may be intending to push past 40 missions. We take the Falcon 9 rocket for granted. It now launches so often—a few times a week—that its flights are a complete non-event. Even a milestone like a 35th launch and landing, bringing it closer to space shuttle Discovery‘s record of 39 spacefligh
A Falcon 9 booster turns 5 years old—and just set a remarkable reuse record… But the flagship RTX Spark PC may be from the same company that makes Windows: the new Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra is a high-end RTX Spark system that will offer up to 128GB of unified memory for “creators, developers, and AI builders.” Microsoft says the Laptop Ultra will be available “later th… …
… Machine” scenario for the head-to-head competition that would last 10 hours. The human competitor would get meal breaks and paid rest breaks during the shift in accordance with California labor laws. Aimé Gérard, an intern working at Figure AI, was chosen to represent the human side. …
… Musk himself described xAI prior to its SpaceX merger as “the smallest of the AI companies” during court hearings for his lawsuit against OpenAI , according to The Wall Street Journal . …
… Upon landing on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the vehicle completed its 35th mission overall, retaining its title as fleet leader for SpaceX. Is 40 the goal, or will it be extended again? …
… We know what customers need right now,” Panay said. Releasing a new smartphone would be a huge risk for Amazon. For one, it would put the company in direct competition with smartphone juggernauts Apple and Samsung. It would also mark a return to a market where Amazon has already failed once. …
… OpenAI suggested that Musk’s message to Brockman should similarly not be viewed as privileged or a sincere effort to settle the litigation because it’s “coercive rather than conciliatory.” OpenAI alleged that the threat was in line with “similar menacing statements” Musk has made throughout the lit… …
… Even after a year of Google’s AI search overhaul, DuckDuckGo, Bing, Brave, and the rest of the competition continue to be little more than a rounding error. Google appears to take its continued dominance and growth as proof that it’s on the right track with AI. …
… But when the pressure to succeed remains high, and the cost/difficulty of AI tools remains low, many students are tempted to take a shortcut, even one that ultimately harms them. …
… Google’s blog post didn’t say what changes it will make to comply with the requirement for clearer attribution and links to publishers in AI results, but said the firm is “continuing to experiment with a range of new link designs in our AI experiences to make them more useful.” A notice published b… …
… He more or less concluded that it was, but in a footnote, he wrote that he would guess “that AI will soon reach a high level at other activities such as building theories, formulating definitions and asking interesting questions.” In the past year, we’ve gone from AI systems that hadn’t yet beaten … …