🔍 AI Myths, Nuclear Innovations, Satellite Swarms
Today’s pick
A theoretical physicist said AI is just a 'glorified tape recorder. A theoretical physicist shut down the fears around AI saying it's just a 'glorified tape recorder.' Michio Kaku said chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT can't even distinguish true from false. By Sawdah Bhaimiya via Insider
A theoretical physicist says AI is just a ‘glorified tape recorder’ and people’s fears about it are overblown - Nadeem Ansari FCIM F IDM (@nadeemansary)
Inside MIT's nuclear reactor laboratory. While virtually all commercial nuclear reactors today are cooled using water, a growing number of startups are looking to molten salt as an alternative. By Casey Crownhart via MIT Technology Review
Several startups are working to bring molten-salt nuclear reactors into commercial operation. Here’s a look at an MIT lab that will help test this technology. - MIT Technology Review (@techreview)
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The Space Force Is Launching Its Own Swarm of Tiny Satellites. Four years after it was formed, the US Space Force has begun deploying its first satellite network. For the military, it marks a significant shift from relying on a handful of powerful, expensive satellites to a swarm of smaller, cheaper ones. By Ramin Skibba via WIRED
“Think different” often means “think elsewhere.” Beauty of new #SpaceForce is freedom to kick over dead ways of thinking so our side can survive and triumph. - Rick N. Tumlinson (@RocketRick)
The Kids Online Safety Act isn't all right, critics say. Debate continues to rage over the federal Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which seeks to hold platforms liable for feeding harmful content to minors. KOSA is lawmakers' answer to whistleblower Frances Haugen's shocking revelations to Congress. By Ashley Belanger via Ars Technica
The Kids Online Safety Act isn’t all right, critics say - SHASHANK Pawar (@tenforever)
This AI startup is racking up government customers. Tax evasion, money laundering and other financial crimes are massive, costly issues. In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service estimated that the U.S. loses $1 trillion a year due to tax evasion alone. IVIX thinks AI can help with that. By Rebecca Szkutak via TechCrunch
Deal Dive: This AI startup is racking up government customers - alex (tired) (@alex)
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