Meta’s artificial intelligence chief said the large language models that power generative AI products such as ChatGPT would never achieve the ability to reason and plan like humans, as he focused instead on a radical alternative approach to create “superintelligence” in machines. Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at the social media giant that owns Facebook…
Like many five-year-olds, Starlink celebrated its birthday with a big candle. In its case, it was a Falcon 9 that lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on May 23, placing 23 Starlink satellites into orbit. That launch took place five years—almost to the minute—after another Falcon 9 lifted off from nearby…
BALTIMORE — For the first 12 days of the season, lefty reliever Brennan Bernardino was at Triple-A Worcester and was not particularly happy about it. A key member of Boston’s bullpen last season, Bernardino wasn’t much in the mood to hear about roster flexibility. But instead of sulking, Bernardino used the obligatory chip on his…
International badminton gears up for the two biggest competitions before the Paris Olympics, starting with the Singapore Open Super 750 on Tuesday. The next week will see all top Indian players return to action after a brief break… and most of them have very tough draw awaiting them. With exactly two months to go for…
The National Weather Service issued a flood warning at 7:22 p.m. on Tuesday in effect until Wednesday at 7 a.m. for Jackson, Madison and Marshall counties. The weather service says, “Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast for Paint Rock River near Woodville.” The weather service comments, “Turn around, don’t drown when encountering…
In a revealing survey by the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs (JCFA), some 64% of the Israeli public stands against establishing a Palestinian state as part of the normalization process with Saudi Arabia. The full report will be unveiled at the 13th Annual Jerusalem Post Conference in New York next week. In collaboration with the…
MLB umpire Ángel Hernández is retiring effective immediately, ending a controversial three-decade-long career that in recent years turned Hernández into a source of consternation with players and a punching bag among fans on social media. The 62-year-old Hernández, who in a statement confirmed earlier reports he would be retiring, reached a settlement to leave Major…
Images have been circulating online claiming to show Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition cooler and as you’d expect, they show an enormous cooler with huge heatsink and a pair of massive fans. The massive four-slot cooler images surfaced recently ahead of an expected announcement for Nvidia’s RTX 5000-series later this, but they’re not what…
Celia, Katrina and Harvey — these names are well known for people along the Gulf Coast. Before 1953, tropical storms and hurricanes were tracked by year and the order in which they occurred during that year, not by names. At first, the United States only used female names for storms. It wasn’t until 1978 when…