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Today we’re joined by Luke Zettlemoyer, professor at University of Washington and a research manager at Meta. In our conversation with Luke, we cover multimodal generative AI, the effect of data on models, and the significance of open source and open science. We explore the grounding problem, the…
It's been more than five years since a space policy document directed a transfer of US civil space traffic management work from the Defense Department to the Commerce Department. Jeff Foust reports that, after a slow start, Commerce is making progress on establishing its own space traffic…
The rise of artificial intelligence has stoked fears about the impact of the technology on the society. Janet Vertesi argues that an example of how NASA uses AI shows the future need not be dystopian.
A social media post last month from the Secretary of Energy appeared to show support for space solar power. Mike Snead argues it's time for the US to get serious about this technology.
Many astronauts have written memoirs, but few have become movies. Jeff Foust reviews one such film that dramatizes the rise of a son of migrant farmworkers to shuttle astronaut.
Data Subject Rights Streaming service DAZN took almost five years to answer a simple access request In January 2019, noyb filed two complaints against the streaming service DAZN for not responding to access requests. In theory, these sound like straightforward cases. In reality, they were not…
