Machine-learning system based on light could yield more powerful, efficient large language models https://news.mit.edu/2023/system-could-yield-more-powerful-efficient-llms-0822
State of Generally Available Self-Driving https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3KdbnsGnzSyiujz7Z/state-of-generally-available-self-driving
Language to rewards for robotic skill synthesis https://ai.googleblog.com/2023/08/language-to-rewards-for-robotic-skill.html
DARPA study to identify risks, commercial solutions over coming decade to enable future lunar economy https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2023-08-15
Apple Invents a next-generation AirPods Sensor System that could measure Biosignals and Electrical Activity of a user's Brain https://www.patentlyapple.com/2023/07/apple-invents-a-next-generation-airpods-sensor-system-that-could-measure-biosignals-and-electrical-activity-of-a-users-brain.html
Conformal in-ear bioelectronics for visual and auditory brain-computer interfaces https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10349124/
Implantable photonic neural probes with 3D-printed microfluidics and applications to uncaging https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1213265/full
The Codon Guide to Synthetic Biology https://www.readcodon.com/p/synbio-guide
Modeling the retina for detecting violation of Newton's laws, local motion, anticipating motion, and identifying specific hidden units that are responsible for these facets of natural scene interpretation. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627323004671
Does the retina learn the image statistics? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014483523002373
The North Korean-Israeli Shadow War https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/north-korean-israeli-shadow-war
1. Ukraine destroyed a Russian S-400 air defense battery at Olenivka, Crimea. Most embarrassingly for Russia is the fact that the whole operation was filmed by a Ukrainian drone. https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1694294328317743123
2. “A Russian pilot of a Mi-8 AMTSH defected with his helicopter to Ukraine few weeks ago. The chopper was transporting spare parts for Su-27 and Su-30M fighter jets. The operation was coordinated with the Ukrainian intelligence. The other 2 crew members of the Mi-8 were killed after the chopper landed somewhere in Kharkiv. The family of the Russian pilot was brought to safety.” https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1694320580152164794
3. This statement by the British Foreign Secretary is not controversial. Not even China recognizes Russia's annexation of Crimea.
The other Russian land grabs are also overwhelmingly rejected:
North Korea and Syria are the only UN member states to recognize Russia's annexation of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhya oblasts.
Russia's occupation of Georgian regions is similarly unpopular. Only four United Nations member states recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia: Nauru, Nicaragua, Syria, and Venezuela.
As for Transnistria, even Russia itself seems to recognize that it is part of Moldova, despite its occupation.
4. A new video of the confrontation between Ukrainian boats and the Russian Su-30SM fighter. Looks like they were trying to take over or damage an oil platform. An anti-aircraft missile was fired at the plane. In return, either a missile or a shot from the air was fired at the passing boats. It is not yet known how it all ended, but the Ukrainian military feels more and more bold in the Black Sea. https://twitter.com/DI_Ukraine/status/1694326240188973535
5. “If they abandoned Ukraine after one setback, however serious, this would confirm the impression from Afghanistan, that they are unreliable allies, and would be hardly comfort to other countries, say Taiwan, that might hope for future support.” https://samf.substack.com/p/ukraines-offensive-is-it-failing
6. Nikki Haley to Ramaswamy on ending U.S. support to Ukraine: “You are choosing a murderer over a pro-American country.” https://youtu.be/05F4qoLjQXo?si=OalqlzvShNoxlZEF
That this even needs to be said during a GOP debate is extremely disturbing.
If you want to allow your enemies to dictate who can and cannot associate with you, you are a traitor, plain and simple. And many Republicans have apparently become traitors working for Russia.
Not to say the Democrats are any better. Obama's policy of appeasement is the reason this war happened in the first place. And their Iran policy is as treasonous as it gets.
If this trend continues, it will be the end of Pax Americana. The end of the American world order. Not because it was defeated, but because the American people voted to turn the world over to the enemies who want to destroy it.
7. The end of Prigozhin https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1694399987721949607
Funny how you include Taiwan, which is a province of China and pretty much recognized by no country as an independent country. Yet, the USA seems to be happy arming it to the teeth and agitating for separatism.
Can also take the case of the Golan Heights, illegally annexed by Israel. The Kosovo province of Serbia, etc.