Sam Altman, the CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, has been stripped of his positions by the companyâs board, citing a lack of candidness in his communications, leaving a significant gap in the companyâs fundraising efforts.
STOCKHOLM (AP) â Many cities around the world see clean and efficient public transport as a crucial way to lower their carbon emissions. For cities with waterways, a high-tech ferry in Sweden could soon set a new standard.
Speeding through Stockholmâs archipelago, electric boat maker Candelaâs new P-12 vessel barely makes a sound as it glides over a meter (3 feet) above the water. Its developers hope the ferry, which was unveiled this week, will yield a new era of waterborne public transport.
âThis is a real leap forward,â said Erik Eklund, who is in charge of the commercial vessel division at Candela. âThe energy savings we get by going airborne on the foils give us the speed and range we need to make this work on batteries.â
Misaligned AI is not the one you should worry most about (yet).
For the first time, scientists have used the concept of evolutionary traps on human societies at large. They find that humankind risks getting stuck in 14 evolutionary dead ends, ranging from global climate tipping points to misaligned artificial intelligence, chemical pollution, and accelerating infectious diseases.
The anthropocene era: success and challenges.
An early-Universe spike in dark energy could resolve a disagreement between two cosmic-expansion-rate measurements, but such a spike may conflict with observations of quasar spectra.
Cavities at the sides of a water channel can cause waves to be completely absorbed, suggesting new techniques for protecting coastlines.
If waves of water, light, or sound were to impinge upon a hypothetical object called a perfect absorber, they would be neither reflected nor transmitted; they would simply vanish. Researchers have now demonstrated perfect absorption using ordinary water waves traveling down a narrow channel [1]. The waves are canceled out by their own reflections from cavities built into the side of the channel. With further development, the researchers believe that the effect could be used to reduce erosion or protect sensitive structures by using an array of elements deployed near coastlines.
âWe were motivated by the need to control or absorb waves in rivers or to protect coastlines,â says mathematical physicist Agnes Maurel of ESPCI Paris. âCompletely absorbing wave energy is even better than redirecting it, and you can also imagine perhaps harvesting such energy.â
A new interpretation of high-harmonic generationâthe cornerstone of attosecond physicsâpaves the way for quantum applications of this process.
The unfrozen water-filled channels that crisscross multicrystal ice help feed ice growth, which can lead to fractures in materials such as asphalt and cement.
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Altman is âambivalentâ about coming back.
OpenAIâs largest investor, Microsoft, said in a statement shortly after Altmanâs firing that the company âremains committedâ to its partnership with the AI firm. However, OpenAIâs investors werenât given advance warning or opportunity to weigh in on the boardâs decision to remove Altman. As the face of the company and the most prominent voice in AI, his removal throws the future of OpenAI into uncertainty at a time when rivals are racing to catch up with the unprecedented rise of ChatGPT.
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The United Arab Emirates has launched the Al Dhafra solar farm â now the worldâs largest single-site solar farm â ahead of COP28.
The 2-gigawatt (GW) solar farm is 22 miles (35 km) from Abu Dhabi and features almost 4 million bifacial solar panels. It will power nearly 200,000 homes and eliminate over 2.4 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually.
It created 4,500 jobs during the peak of the construction phase, and the solar panels were installed at an average rate of 10 megawatts (MW) a day during construction.
More than a dozen volcanos are erupting at the same time worldwide, and three new eruptions joined the list this week.
The Smithsonian Instituteâs Global Volcanism Program tracks new eruptions and updates its list of currently erupting volcanos on Wednesdays. The most recent update shows three new eruptions, bringing the listâs total to 19 eruptions at once. The list doesnât include all erupting volcanos.
The new volcanic eruptions have some people voicing their concerns on social media.
