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SpaceX Starship’s Second Launch Proved a Bit More Successful
SpaceX's Starship – composed of two parts, the Super Heavy rocket booster, and the actual Starship spacecraft – is the most powerful Starship ever constructed. Following up on April's explosive launch (which saw six of the rocket's 33 engines on the Super Heavy booster fail, ultimately leading to self-destruction), SpaceX went for round two this morning, attempting to fly the Starship part of the way around the Earth on the same route, starting from SpaceX’s launch site in Boca Chica Village, Texas, and landing in the waters of Hawaii. This time around, the Starship system made it much further into flight than in its first attempt, but after 10 minutes into the journey – reaching an altitude of 90 miles above the Earth – the vehicle lost connection, ultimately resulting in induced self-des...
Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team
/ A new report says Meta’s Responsible AI team is now working on other AI teams. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta has reportedly broken up its Responsible AI (RAI) team as it puts more of its resources into generative artificial intelligence. The Information broke the news today, citing an internal post it had seen. According to the report, most RAI members will move to the company’s generative AI product team, while others will work on Meta’s AI infrastructure. The company regularly says it wants to develop AI responsibly and even has ...
Major Companies Like Disney, Lionsgate, IBM and More Pull Ads From Elon Musk’s X
Since Elon Musk's acquisition of X, he has been quite public about increasing revenues on the platform through ads. Now, some of the world's biggest companies like Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, IBM, Lionsgate and more have all pulled ads from X following Musk's antisemitic remarks. Lionsgate's spokesperson released a statement on Friday that confirmed the company "has suspended advertising on X because of Elon Musk's recent antisemitic tweet." This come shortly after Lionsgate is in the midst of marketing the release of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. IBM also released a statement that said that it would "immediately suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this entirely unacceptable situation." Other companies like Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery hav...
SpaceX’s second Starship flight test ends in an explosion minutes after launch
/ The booster was lost moments after separation, and the Starship’s flight termination system exploded the prototype soon after its planned engine shutdown.
OpenAI’s Board of Directors Has Ousted CEO Sam Altman
Sam Altman has been booted from his post as CEO of OpenAI, the company revealed in a blog post. OpenAI’s board of directors had voted to oust Altman and temporarily replace him with Mira Murati, OpenAI’s CTO, who will serve as interim CEO.“Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities,” OpenAI wrote. “The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.”Altman had helped to kickstart OpenAI in 2015 as a founding member. Over the years, he helped bring the company to fame, leading the launch of its AI chatbot, ChatGPT.Murati, meanwhile, has worked at OpenAI for five years. The company wrote that...
Turmoil at OpenAI: after firing Sam Altman, what’s next for the home of ChatGPT?
On November 17th, OpenAI’s board abruptly announced that co-founder and CEO Sam Altman was out, effective immediately. Without saying it directly, the board revealed Altman was fired after a review “concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities.” What caused the board to lose confidence in his ability to lead OpenAI is unknown. In the preceding days, everyone had continued acting as though everything was normal, with insiders at OpenAI and partners like Microsoft surprised to learn of Altman’s ouster only moments before it was announced. Within hours, fellow co-founder and former chair Greg Brockman announced that “based on today’s news, I quit.” OpenAI’s chief technology officer, Mira Murati, has ...
Sony announces The Last of Us Part II remaster for PS5
/ It will come to PlayStation 5 with a new roguelike game mode, and PS4 owners of this sequel can upgrade for $10.
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is leaving, too
/ Hours after OpenAI ousted its CEO, co-founder and former chair Greg Brockman announced that “based on today’s news, i quit.” a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration: The Verge Sam Altman isn’t the only major OpenAI executive leaving the company on Friday. Hours after Altman was fired, with the board saying it “no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI,” co-founder and former board chair Greg Brockman revealed on X that he is also quitting. When OpenAI announced the “leadership transition” and that CTO Mira Murati would take over as interim CEO,...
Apple Says RCS Support Is Coming to the iPhone Next Year
Apple has announced it’ll be rolling out RCS support for iPhone models next year. RCS, standing for “Rich Communication Services,” is a type of messaging standard that works over mobile data, unlike SMS, and is designed to be implemented across platforms.This means that many features that are currently exclusive to Apple’s iMessage could soon be available on Android and other devices – namely, blue texts instead of green.The “green text” stigma isn’t a new debate within the tech community. Just earlier this month, London-based company Nothing launched an app for its own phones, specifically geared towards allowing non-iPhone users to send blue text messages.“Later next year, we will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile, the standard as currently published by the GSM Association,” an...
Apple pulls its ads from X after Musk’s antisemitic posts
/ Big-spending advertisers like Apple, IBM, and Lionsgate have pulled back from the platform after Elon Musk expressed support for antisemitic posts. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Illustration: The Verge Apple has reportedly followed IBM by pulling advertising from X, formerly Twitter, as the platform’s owner Elon Musk made posts agreeing with antisemitic conspiracy theories, supporting white pride, and continued a fight with the Anti-Defamation League. The nonprofit Media Matters highlighted his statements yesterday, as well as advertisements from corporations that X place...
Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI
/ In a sudden move, Altman is leaving after a ‘deliberative review process’ by the company’s board. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63″>Sam Altman.
Elon Musk Endorses Antisemitic Post, The Fallout Was Swift
Yup, Elon Musk definitely endorsed an antisemitic post on X, and now the platform he owns is in trouble.
