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Fun Fact 🤯
Did you know that Apollo 11 astronauts couldn’t afford insurance?
Life insurance for a space mission cost a fortune because the risks were extremely high back then.
So instead, the astronauts of Apollo 11 signed hundreds of covers that their families could sell in case anything went wrong.
Tech News 📰
Discord plans to make everyone change their username
Discord is changing its username system, requiring users to create unique usernames with an "@" symbol. The change aims to make the platform more accessible and user-friendly, but some criticize it as a step backward and a potential security risk.
'Godfather of AI' leaves Google, warns of tech's dangers
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton resigns from Google to speak freely about the dangers of AI technology. He warns of potential risks, including chatbots and AI misuse by "bad actors." Other researchers emphasize AI's impact on existing inequalities.
President Biden meets with AI CEOs at the White House amid ethical criticism
President Biden met with leading AI company CEOs to address AI safety concerns. Critics argue that ethics researchers should have been included. The White House announced a $140 million investment in AI research institutes. Checkout the video here
Reads and Resources 📚
Why teaching robots to blink is hard but important
A study at the Italian Institute of Technology explores the impact of blinking robots on human interaction. Natural-looking blinking enhances perceived human-likeness and intelligence, but replicating the subtle movement remains technically challenging.
Scientists say they have found more moons with oceans in the Solar System
NASA scientists believe four of Uranus' largest moons may contain water oceans beneath their icy crusts, increasing interest in exploring the Uranian system for potential signs of life.
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GitHub repositories to check out 📈
DeepSpeed: DeepSpeed empowers ChatGPT-like model training with a single click, offering 15x speedup over SOTA RLHF systems with unprecedented cost reduction at all scales.
Super Gradients: Build, train, and fine-tune production-ready deep learning SOTA vision models.
Qdrant: Qdrant (read: quadrant ) is a vector similarity search engine and vector database. It provides a production-ready service with a convenient API to store, search, and manage points—vectors with an additional payload Qdrant is tailored to extended filtering support.
Get Hooked: Podcast of the Week!
Welcome to "Get Hooked," where we share our top podcast of the week for you to listen to. Enjoy listening (:
About the podcast:
Magnus Carlsen is the highest-rated chess player in history and widely considered to be the greatest chess player of all time.
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