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What if AI doesn’t just keep getting better forever?
6 hours ago — On certain tasks, in fact, the upcoming model "isn't reliably better than its predecessor," according to unnamed OpenAI researchers cited in the piece. On Monday, OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever ...
Review: The fastest of the M4 MacBook Pros might be the least ...
8 hours ago — Up to five. 409.6GB/s. We shared our data with Apple and haven't received a response. Note that we tested the M4 Max in the 16-inch MacBook Pro, and we'd expect any kind of throttling behavior to ...
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Endurance tells story of two expeditions, centuries apart. New NatGeo documentary was directed by the same duo who brought us the Oscar-winning Free Solo. Jennifer Ouellette – 11/5/2024 | 37.
Windows 11 24H2, the biggest update in two years, starts rolling …
The Windows 11 2024 Update, also known as Windows 11 24H2, will roll out in phases, starting with Windows 11 PCs running versions 22H2 or 23H2 that have opted in to getting new feature updates ...
Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers
6 days ago — Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers. Demand for observing time on Webb outpaces supply by a factor of nine. Stephen Clark – Nov 6, 2024 2:50 PM | 111. Astronomers ...
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Nov 6, 2024 — SpaceX prevails over ULA, wins military launch contracts worth $733 million. SpaceX and ULA were eligible to compete for nine launches, and SpaceX won them all. Stephen Clark – 10/18/2024 | 402.
It’s increasingly unlikely that humans will fly around the Moon next ...
Oct 17, 2024 — This kind of boggles the mind. Yes, the ground systems program has had to complete some important work since the Artemis I mission in late 2022, including building an emergency egress system for ...
iPhone 16 and 16 Pro review: A worthy upgrade after three years
Sep 26, 2024 — Just like last year, the iPhone 16 models have a 48-megapixel (ƒ/1.6 aperture for iPhone 16 and 16 Plus, ƒ/1.78 for 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max) wide-angle main camera that Apple has dubbed a ...
Are we on the verge of a self-improving AI explosion?
Oct 28, 2024 — Credit: Semantic Scholar. The concept of a self-improving AI goes back at least to British mathematician I.J. Good, who wrote in 1965 of an "intelligence explosion" that could lead to an ...