The origin of A.O.C
In an interview, US Representative Tulsi Gabbard said her election was characterised by “so much upheaval, both nationally and personally”. “When President Trump was elected, there was a lot of political upheaval. We were in transition between an older party…a newer one, in terms of where we were coming from ideologically,” she added. “I wasn’t waitressing until March,” Gabbard further said.
The car maker scolded for the hands-free autopilot mode that could lead to driver inattention
Tesla CEO Elon Musk almost ran a red light during a demo of Tesla’s full self-driving beta software. In the video of the demo, Musk is seen taking the steering wheel as the vehicle tries to accelerate through a red light. He was livestreaming the demo while in the driver’s seat, violating Tesla’s rules for its drivers-assist technology.
The new software from the search engine company will be able to attend meetings for you
Google Meet, a video-conferencing service by Google, announced its new ‘Duet’ feature which lets users attend a meeting on their behalf. “Duet” has been added to the Meet app and will be available in some places later today. Users can access it by clicking the Duet icon in the top-right corner of the app.
Police will not fine Musk for livestreaming while driving
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is in violation of his employer’s guidelines that advise drivers to keep their hands on steering yoke at all times, media reports said. This comes after Musk livestreamed his drive from the driver’s seat and also interacted with Twitter commenters during the drive. Musk was forced to take the steering wheel as the car tried to go through a red light.
The Justice Department is accusing SpaceX of not hiring refugees and asylees
A US citizen’s revocation visa lawsuit filed against Elon Musk’s SpaceX has said that the firm used an online recruiting tool to target US citizens. It further said that potential employees were required to check a box stating their citizenship status on the applications and was marked with rejection codes such as “not authorised to work/ITAR ineligible” and “not US citizen/”.
Sales of the latest Citizen device are suspended
Citizen has announced it’ll temporarily suspend sales of its second-generation CZ Smart watch due to technical issues. The Wear OS watch had a feature based upon technology from IBM and NASA to track a person’s sleepy state. “We are investigating the issue, recalling review models, and will be temporarily suspending sales on touchscreen models while we pinpoint the source of an issue,” Citizen said.
Scientists are happy that India has landed on the Moon
ISRO Chairman K Sivan said that the Chandrayaan-3 landing gave him “confidence in setting up missions to the Moon, Mars, Venus, and even asteroids.” He added, “For example, if the spacecraft lands in a crater, on a slope, or the leg of the lander catches on a boulder, the mission could be compromised.”
Virtual reality is helping to boost scientific engagement
A video titled, “How to Use Virtual Reality to Enhance Science Communication and Public Engagement in Scientists”, has been shared by a master’s student from India. “I hope that through showing and not just telling, virtual reality will inspire more young people to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” she said.
The llama 2 coding version has been released by Meta
US-based AI company Meta has released a tool called Code Llama, built on top of its llama 2 large language model, to generate new code and human-written work. The tool can be used by anyone to download, modify, and reuse the model. It uses a version of Open AI’s GPT, the large language model behind ChatGPT.
Code Llama is Meta’s own artificial intelligence code-writing tool
Meta has released a tool called Code Llama, built on top of its Llama 2 language model, to generate new code and human-written work. It was powered by GPT-4 and can be updated by Meta’s Copilot, which is used to write and check code. “It’s exciting that they’re releasing the weights to the community,” Stanford postdoctoral researcher Deepak Kumar said.