Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
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Drone control links are, from a radio signals perspective, nothing short of amazing: using a transmitter capable of transmitting, at most, one watt, a protocol such as ExpressLRS (ELRS) can…read more
"AI went from being very terrible to seemingly genuinely quite good at a professional level in a very short space of time..." says the Verge's AI reporter. But AI systems "are still truly, truly terr...
In Brief Posted: 2:46 PM PDT · August 22, 2026 Anthony Ha Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors As Harvard Business School seeks to expand its reach, it’s leaning on AI ...
News EVs and Transportation If Waymo cars are Level 4 automation, what does it take to be a Level 5? It's less about an autonomous vehicle's capabilities and more about what conditions it can operate ...
Article URL:https://olli.unt.edu/handouts/fall24/tk-writing-sample.pdfComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49405083Points: 38# Comments: 7
Making a film camera is a project within the reach of almost anyone, from the experimenter with cardboard and sticky tape, to the machinist with an aluminium billet. But 3D…read more
Remember that rush rescue mission for NASA's $500M space telescope? It failed, reports CNN, and the LINK satellite won't be able to boost the telescope's orbit. NASA says its decades-old Swift telesco...
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Following a Bloomberg report that the Department of Justice is investigating venture firm Andreessen Horowitz for holding board seats with rival AI companies...
News Social Media How to limit Instagram from using your data for AI and ads You can keep Instagram from using your activity outside the app to influence the ads you get. By Novak Božović Aug. 22, 202...
Article URL:https://www.primeintellect.ai/research/nanogpt-speedrunComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49404380Points: 13# Comments: 0
Slashdot reader fjo3 shared this article from Wired: [Flock] has told the public for years that its technology "cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals." It has now built a system that does ...
Built by DeepMind alumni, British AI lab Inherent released Faraday, an AI agent whose ability to replicate scientific papers could be a stepping stone for innovation.
Even old Apple devices you haven't touched in years could still get you some credit towards a new phone.
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News AI OpenAI calls for California to strengthen its AI safety laws The AI leader said that the state’s SB 53 framework should “be amended to expand safeguards.” By Jackson Chen Aug. 22, 2026 3:27 pm...
Article URL:https://programasweights.com/claudishComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402907Points: 5# Comments: 1
Article URL:https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-advocacy/2005/09/10/0000.htmlComments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402781Points: 3# Comments: 0
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