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Elon Musk was among a number of top technology executives who met at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday for a Senate forum discussing artificial intelligence (AI). During the private discussion, Musk reportedly echoed warnings of the threat AI poses to humanity if action is not taken to regulate the emerging technology. Musk warned lawmakers that AI could pose a “civilizational risk” if not regulated, according to Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) in a report from NBC News. Lummis said she wrote the phrase down in her notebook after being struck by it, later showing it to a pair of reporters. Other…
ORBIMARS: A proposed terminology for Mars orbital operations by Frank Genin Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2025 In the evolving lexicon of space exploration, the term “cislunar” has become fundamental to describing Earth-Moon operations, encompassing everything from satellite deployments to lunar gateway missions. As humanity extends its reach to Mars, we face a compelling need to define and characterize the complex orbital environment of our neighboring planet. The introduction of ORBIMARS represents more than a mere linguistic convenience – it encapsulates the intricate gravitational dynamics, radiation environment, and strategic significance of Mars’ orbital space. …
After making a fully-functioning flamethrower, Elon Musk’s The Boring Company seems to be continuing in its efforts to make true to its promises. Back in December, Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Co. CEO Elon Musk announced that ten lucky buyers of the tunneling startup’s hats would be given the opportunity to tour the firm’s ongoing LA tunnel project and drive one of the company’s boring machines. Now, it appears like the selection of winners for the exciting prize has begun, and at least one winner has been selected. In a post on the r/BoringCompany subreddit, one of the online community’s…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts.Over the past 24 hours, officials ranging from billionaire Elon Musk to Vice President JD Vance have not only criticized a federal judge’s decision early Saturday that blocks Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records, but have also attacked the legitimacy of judicial oversight, a fundamental pillar of American democracy, which is based on the separation of powers.“If a judge tried to tell a general…
OpenAI is expanding the ChatGPT Search feature to everyone without the need to sign up for the platform. The company announced the rollout of the feature on Wednesday and highlighted that anyone across the world can access the AI platform and start using the AI firm’s native search engine-powered feature to ask queries. Notably, the company first released the feature in November 2024 to paid subscribers. Later in December 2024, it was rolled out to the users on the free tier as well.ChatGPT Search Rolling Out to EveryoneIn a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), the official handle of…
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A Tesla showroom in The Hague has been vandalized with anti-Nazi messages. The incident reportedly involved vandals spraying messages on the Tesla store’s windows. The incident: As per a report by Dutch News, a Tesla showroom in The Hague saw its windows vandalized with the words “Nee tegen nazi’s” and “Fuck off fascist.”Images shared by the news outlet also showed swastikas spray painted on the Tesla store’s glass doors.The incident reportedly happened on Sunday night. 🚘 A Tesla showroom in The Hague, Netherlands, has been vandalized with swastika and anti-Nazi slogans. It is not yet known who did it. pic.twitter.com/0l0PxNN0Ka— Bakhmut…
One tech and vehicle reviewer has announced that he has sold his Tesla Cybertruck over the weekend, noting that he did so because he simply prefers another electric vehicle (EV) he owns. On Sunday, tech reviewer Marques Brownlee, better known as MKBHD, shared an Instagram story saying that he had sold his Tesla Cybertruck, as spotted by X user BrianX2023. When asked why, Brownlee went on to confirm the news on X, but without disclosing too many details as to why he sold the Cybertruck, he did provide a short answer noting that he just prefers another electric truck in his…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…
The tiny wires of Neuralink’s brain chip implant used in the first participant in a trial run by Elon Musk’s company have become “more or less very stable”, a company executive said on Wednesday.The company had in May said that a number of tiny wires inside the brain of Noland Arbaugh, who is paralysed from the shoulders down due to a 2016 diving accident, had pulled out of position.”Once you do the brain surgery it takes some time for the tissues to come in and anchor the threads in place, and once that happens, everything has been stable,” said Neuralink…