“We built a functioning concept of how we do this for a surveillance and reconnaissance system based on a drone,” Hellander told Ars. “This is something we have also done in public demonstrations in Sweden.” Scaleout is participating in the Affordable Loitering Modular Ammunition (ALMA) project headed by BAE Systems Bofors that aims to develop … Read more
Chinese space company reveals Raptor 3-like engine design. The Chinese launch startup Space Pioneer, which has raised nearly $1 billion, showcased a new design for its Tianhuo-21 methane-liquid oxygen engine this week, which was subsequently shared on social media. From outward appearances, the engine looks strikingly similar to SpaceX’s Raptor 3 engine. Its thrust, 2,450 … Read more
They exploited a flaw in the set-up of OpenAI’s community forum, which is hosted by a third-party, Discourse, and used it to gain access to internal sign-ons and eventually an OpenAI employee’s ChatGPT account. This ChatGPT account had access to internal code through GitHub. “We thank the researchers for contacting us and sharing their findings,” … Read more
In that sense, the disease is defined by movement, so studying it requires observing those cilia in motion with video, not just still imagery. That’s a challenge, given their small size and rapid movement, plus they must be imaged while still living. That rules out many advanced microscopy techniques, particularly those that rely on intense … Read more
Many business owners who increasingly rely on open source models have urged the Trump administration not to restrict access to Chinese models. And China, which has dismissed accusations of frontier model copying, has called on the US to listen to its business community or else risk putting the US at a further economic disadvantage. Policy … Read more
A sleep switch Activating the cells across the cortex of freely moving mice increased slow-wave and REM sleep, cut the time taken to fall asleep, and sent the animals into their nests during the day. Then the team tried it during the dark phase, when nocturnal mice are mostly awake. “We could have them sleep … Read more
The Federal Communications Commission yesterday approved Paramount Skydance’s plan to sell large equity stakes to the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. Under US law, companies with licenses to run broadcast stations need FCC approval to have direct or indirect foreign ownership exceeding 25 percent of the company’s stock. … Read more
Pinning down the AI SMART is part of an $875 million, 12-year contract awarded to the Boston-based company Air Space Intelligence in June. The contract also covers development of a Flow Management Data and Services system meant to replace the current system in the FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Virginia. In an … Read more
The US narrowly avoided boarding a Chinese ship based on an “entirely false” US intelligence report generated with the help of AI tools, according to a CNN report. That erroneous intelligence, submitted by a US Special Operations Command analyst, suggested the Chinese ship was transporting nuclear arms program components through the Middle East, according to … Read more
“We don’t know where the extra material is coming from, but there are some hypotheses,” Santos-Sanz said. The ghost moon The leading explanation, Santos-Sanz explains, is a small shepherd satellite sharing the outer ring’s orbit. Such an object should explain the rings’ stability and their sharp edges and could also shed debris that replenishes C1R. … Read more