Links for 2023-08-07
Intel CEO: ‘We’re going to build AI into every platform we build’ https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/27/23810360/intel-pat-gelsinger-ai-every-platform-promise
Apple has been quiet about ChatGPT. Now Tim Cook says its hefty $22.6 billion research spend is down to generative AI. https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-cook-apples-ai-research-spend-generative-2023-8 [https://archive.is/UuRqR]
Every Amazon division is working on generative AI projects https://www.engadget.com/every-amazon-division-is-working-on-generative-ai-projects-142836534.html
US scientists repeat fusion power breakthrough: Federal laboratory experiment produces more energy than during landmark test last year https://www.ft.com/content/a9815bca-1b9d-4ba0-8d01-96ede77ba06a [https://archive.is/GOQbC]
Why do all brains, from worms to humans, have crisscrossed (decussated) connections? The answer may be found in mathematics: it's just easier to map the 3D world onto the 2D surface of the brain without errors that way! https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-the-brains-connections-to-the-body-are-crisscrossed-20230419/
How Palantir Is Shaping the Future of Warfare https://time.com/6293398/palantir-future-of-warfare-ukraine/ [https://archive.is/wlC7Q]
Identifying Learning Models from Human Behavior using Bottom-Up Equation Discovery https://psyarxiv.com/65jqh
‘It is not the owners. It is the breed.’ https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/it-is-not-the-owners-it-is-the-breed
“This is a thread about metallurgy's secret cheat code, and how it's used by the aerospace industry to accomplish things that no material should.” https://twitter.com/Jordan_W_Taylor/status/1602708433081454595
"The bottom line: white liberals may vote for diversity with their ballots, but their feet tell a different story." https://www.city-journal.org/article/white-progressives-more-likely-to-flee-diverse-neighborhoods
A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/neville-roy-singham-china-propaganda.html [https://archive.is/CUnqV]
Two U.S. sailors (Jinchao Wei and Wenheng Zhao) arrested on suspicion of espionage, selling information to China https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-03/doj-thursday-announcement
"Nearly 20,000 scientists of Chinese descent who began their careers in the US have left for other countries, [with] an accelerated departure rate in the last 3 years coinciding with the launch of the China Initiative in 2018" https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/scientists-of-chinese-descent-leaving-the-us-at-an-accelerating-pace/4017831.article
Philippines accuses China of firing water cannons at its ships https://twitter.com/JayBatongbacal/status/1688033385112059904
Ukraine links:
Yesterday, Russia spent tens of millions of dollars on missiles in an attempt to destroy the Ukrainian Storm Shadow missile stockpile and the S-24 jets that launch them: https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1688079119366447104
A few hours later, Zelensky was seen signing one of the missiles that later took out two key bridges used for Russian logistics: https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1688262407271952384
See also: Lost In Lies: Keeping Track Of Russian Propaganda Claims https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/10/lost-in-lies-keeping-track-of-russian.html
More:
“The AFU took apart a downed Russian Tornado-S 300-mm guided missile and found that it was manufactured in February of 2023 with Chinese fabricated printed circuits.” https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1688338416520286208
“UK has supplied Ukraine with a new air defence system: Supacat trucks rigged by British engineers to fire cheaper ASRAAM missiles. Effective against Shahed drones, but also Russian attack helicopters near the front line.” https://twitter.com/MaxRTucker/status/1687796242292555776
“Never published footage of the Russian offensive in Vuhledar, February 2023 early stages. The 72nd mechanized brigade was one of the Ukrainian brigades that held off the Russians. Especially the Russian 155th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade was decimated, as you can see in the footage. Russia lost thousands of soldiers, hundreds were captured and over a hundred armored vehicles/tanks were either destroyed, damaged or abandoned.” https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1688308974884417536