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Japan and Brazil to create a joint venture to produce engines for flying cars - 06/19/2023

Japanese electric motor manufacturer Nidec and Brazilian aerospace firm Embraer will establish a joint venture called Nidec Aerospace in the United States to create engines for future electric flying automobiles. According to a press statement published on the Nidec Corporation website, "Japan's Nidec Corporation and Brazil's Embraer today announced an agreement to form a joint venture called...

Google warns employees against using chatbots, Bard including - 06/16/2023

The agency claims they can duplicate test data, which raises the possibility of information leaks. Google's parent firm, Alphabet, warned staff members against using AI-powered chatbots, including Bard, Reuters reported. According to the news agency’s sources, Alphabet warned its staff against entering any sensitive information in the AI-powered chatbots. Generative artificial intelligence is...

UN Secretary General calls for securing AI apps - 06/13/2023

According to the UN's press service, António Guterres, UN Secretary General, has suggested a code of conduct on digital platforms, and urged for making all apps employing artificial intelligence (AI) secure. In a policy brief he submitted, Guterres called for the development of a "code of conduct to ensure the integrity of information on digital platforms." The code specifically instructs all...

Japan to launch experiment to receive and transmit solar energy from Earth orbit from 2025 - 06/01/2023

An experiment to collect and transmit solar energy from space to Earth will be carried out in 2025 by the Japanese space agency JAXA and the Japanese government, writes Nikkei. Japan will be the first nation to master the technology if it is successful. Kyoto University Professor Naoki Shinohara, who has been working on the technology since 2009, is in charge of the project. The plan is to use...

Nvidia to build the most powerful supercomputer in Israel - 05/30/2023

Nvidia, a US manufacturer of graphics cards, announced that it will construct Israel's most potent supercomputer for creation of generative AI systems. As a prototype and testbed for NVIDIA Spectrum-X benchmark projects, NVIDIA is building Israel-1, a hyperscale generative artificial intelligence supercomputer, which will be hosted in its Israeli data center, according to a statement on the...

Montana becomes first US state to officially ban TikTok - 05/18/2023

The state of Montana has passed a bill outlawing TikTok. On January 1, 2024, the law will become operative, wrote Greg Gianforte, the state’s governor. Greg Gianforte wrote, "I have banned TikTok to protect the personal data of Montana citizens from the Communist Party of China." The document states that TikTok shouldn't be available in Montana as of January 1, 2024. It won't be made accessible...

Elon Musk: Tesla cars will drive fully autonomously in 2023 - 05/17/2023

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, said that his vehicles will be capable of completely autonomous driving by the end of the year. “I am uncontrollably optimistic. I believe we may be able to... It seems like it will happen this year," Musk told to CNBC. Musk claimed to have driven for several days in a row without meddling with the vehicle's automatic control system in the cities of Austin, Texas,...

Nikkei: Samsung Electronics wants to create chip development and manufacturing hub in Japan - 05/15/2023

According to Nikkei newspaper, Samsung Electronics of South Korea intends to invest more than 30 billion yen (about $222 million) in the construction of a chip development and manufacturing centre in Yokohama, Japan. Samsung Electronics currently operates the Samsung R&D Institute Japan in Yokohama. The new hub is anticipated to be constructed separately and serve as the location of a line...

Twitter launches trial version of encrypted private messages - 05/11/2023

Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter announced the debut of an early, trial version of the encrypted messages. "Private messages that are encrypted have just gone live in an early version," he stated. "Try it, but don't trust it yet." Musk announced end-to-end encryption for personal communications and video and audio calling earlier on Wednesday, though he did not specify whether calls would also...

Musk: WhatsApp cannot be trusted - 05/10/2023

American entrepreneur and founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, said that messaging app WhatsApp shouldn't be trusted. In response to queries from users over the WhatsApp app's repeated use of the microphone, Musk stated that "WhatsApp cannot be trusted." He also replied to a user's question regarding WhatsApp's connection to Meta. Musk remembered how the WhatsApp messenger's developers...
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