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The White House Starts to Address AI Risks with New Initiatives
The White House unveiled a series of new initiatives on Thursday that represent a first step in combatting the risks associated with artificial intelligence. On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris will discuss the initiatives in a meeting with top executives at Alphabet, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic — an AI startup.
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Astronomers Find Rare Star System That Will Trigger a Kilonova
The binary system will end in a massive, gold-forming explosion.
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Remembering the Arecibo Observatory Dish, Two Years After Its Collapse
It happened in less than 10 seconds, two years ago today: The Arecibo Observatory’s 304.80 m radio dish collapsed, eliminating one of the world’s most renowned sources of radio observations.
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Obnoxiously Large Satellite Could Mean Bad News for Astronomers Observing the Skies
A huge satellite is about to take flight, spreading its giant antenna array to potentially block astronomers’ views of the cosmos. AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 is scheduled for launch on Saturday to test the company’s broadband network technology, but the prototype satellite is extremely bright and could interfere with celestial observations.