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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Astronauts to Discuss Science Mission

NEWS-FINANCE -QUOTE-EDUCATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL After spending almost five months in space, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts will discuss their science mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 4:15 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 20, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Continue Reading

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AI translation tech Palabra gets backing from Reddit co-founder’s venture firm

NEWS-FINANCE -QUOTE-EDUCATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL A startup called Palabra AI, which develops an AI-powered speech translation engine, is tackling one of the more difficult aspects of teaching large language models (LLMs) to understand multiple languages. Today, LLMs make it easier to convert text from one language to another, but speech translation is not as simple, according Continue Reading

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The blueprint for serving a million school lunches — every day | Wawira Njiru

NEWS-FINANCE -QUOTE-EDUCATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL With a genius combination of smart tech, local food and bold partnerships, Wawira Njiru and her nonprofit Food4Education have gone from serving 25 children in a makeshift kitchen to becoming a cornerstone of Kenya’s school meals system, delivering half a million meals every day. Hear her plan to feed a million Continue Reading

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Google pushes AI into flight deals as antitrust scrutiny, competition heat up

NEWS-FINANCE -QUOTE-EDUCATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL Google on Thursday announced a new AI-powered search tool to help travelers find flight deals — even as regulators continue to question whether the search giant’s dominance in travel discovery stifles competition. Called Flight Deals, the new tool is available within Google Flights and is designed to help “flexible travelers” find Continue Reading

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Afghan whose details were in UK data breach at risk from Taliban if deported, son tells BBC

NEWS-FINANCE -QUOTE-EDUCATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL An Afghan man, whose details were accidentally leaked by the UK in a major data breach, has been detained in Pakistan for imminent deportation alongside several family members, his son told the BBC. The BBC has seen doblockents which appear to confirm the man was part of Afghan special forces units Continue Reading

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How ethics can help you make better decisions | Michael Schur (re-release)

NEWS-FINANCE -QUOTE-EDUCATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL What would Immanuel Kant say about a fender bender? In a surprisingly funny trip through the teachings of some of history’s great philosophers, TV writer and producer Michael Schur (from hit shows like “The Office” and “The Good Place”) talks through how to confront life’s moral dilemmas — and shows how Continue Reading

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Leaked Meta AI rules show chatbots were allowed to have romantic chats with kids

NEWS-FINANCE -QUOTE-EDUCATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL As concerns over the emotional pull of general-purpose LLM chatbots like ChatGPT grow by the day, Meta appears to be letting its chatbot personas engage in flirtatious exchanges with children, disseminate false information, and generate responses that demean minorities, according to reporting by Reuters. According to an internal Meta doblockent seen Continue Reading