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BoeingBuzz Kill The long-awaited crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner space capsule had to be delayed yet again — but this time, it wasn't Boeing's fault. Two hours before countdown late Monday evening, the launch was scrubbed, with officials noticing a "buzzing," CNN reports, which later turned out to be an issue with a valve on United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket. In many ways, it's a routine issue — rocket launches get scrubbed all the time. Eve…See the Story
Boeing Forced to Scrub First Astronaut Launch After Strange Buzzing Detected
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MicrosoftMAI, MAI, MAI Microsoft is said to be building an OpenAI competitor despite its multi-billion-dollar partnership with the firm — and according to at least one insider, it's using GPT-4 data to do so. First reported by The Information, the new large language model (LLM) is apparently called MAI-1, and an inside source told the website that Microsoft is using GPT-4 and public information from the web to train it out. MAI-1 may also be trained on d…See the Story
Microsoft Reportedly Building a GPT-4 Competitor Despite $10 Billion OpenAI Partnership
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Elon MuskGet Owned NASA has hedged many of its bets on SpaceX despite its controversial and majorly overworked owner — and as the agency's director now suggests, that's mainly because Elon Musk isn't running it. In an interview with NPR, NASA director Bill Nelson gave a fascinating and telling answer when asked about Musk's ownership of the spaceflight firm that enjoys tens of billions of dollars in government contracts. "Elon Musk's decision-making has …See the Story
Head of NASA Says He Trusts SpaceX Because Someone Other Than Elon Musk Is Running It
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Sam Altman · CaliforniaYes, Chef The AI of the future won't just be a chatbot — it'll be, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, outfitted with incredibly detailed information about its users. In an interview with the MIT Technology Review, Altman suggested that AI should be working for its users harder than even the hardest-working human executive assistant, and would know absolutely everything about whoever is using it. Speaking to the magazine between a series of even…See the Story
Sam Altman Says AI Will Be Like a Super Smart Person Who "Knows Absolutely Everything" About Your Life
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Kyoto · KyotoJapanese scientists are set to kick off the world's first clinical trials of "tooth regrowth medicine" at the Kyoto University Hospital, The Mainichi reports. Researchers from the Japanese startup Toregem Biopharma are planning to enroll patients who were born missing some or all of their teeth from birth, a condition called congenital anodontia, for the trials. The patients will receive an antibody treatment that deactivates a protein called US…See the Story
Scientists About to Test Medicine to Grow New Teeth
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Artificial Intelligence · Los AngelesOver a decade after suffering a debilitating and near-fatal stroke, country music star Randy Travis has released a new song that features an AI-generated recreation of his own voice. It's a fascinating use of the technology. Instead of cloning another artist's voice without their consent or an estate resurrecting a passed performer's vocals, Travis and his wife Mary used the tech to breathe new life into the singer's extensive and decades-long c…See the Story
Country Star Who Can't Sing After Stroke Releases New Song Using AI
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