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In Today’s Edition
🧑💻 Meet Codestral
🪖 Battlefield Analysis System
🍕 AI Likes Glue on Pizza
🥏 xAI is Moving Fast
💵 China’s Big Fund
☄️ Asteroid Navigation
AI
Google AI: “Glue Your Pizza“
📰 Google's AI Under Fire
Netizens are alarmed by Google's new AI search, pointing out disturbing errors like suggesting "non-toxic glue" for pizza, eating rocks, cleaning with chlorine gas, and advising someone with depression to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. 😱
Google claims these are isolated incidents, stressing most AI responses are accurate. However, AI models like GPT-4 and Gemini are known to "hallucinate," generating false info. CEO Sundar Pichai admits this issue is unresolved. 🤖💬
This is Google's second AI controversy this year. Earlier, Gemini AI faced backlash for biased images, like Black Vikings and diverse Nazi soldiers. Google apologized, citing issues with their diversity tuning. 🌍📸
Mistral’s Codestral: New AI Model For Coding
🚀 Mistral's Codestral: French AI startup Mistral, valued at $6B and backed by Microsoft, has launched its first generative AI model for coding, Codestral! It supports over 80 languages like Python, Java, C++, and JavaScript, helping developers write and interact with code. 🧑💻✨
🔒 Despite being labeled as "open," Codestral's license restricts commercial use and internal development, possibly due to copyrighted content concerns.
⚙️ With 22 billion parameters, it needs a high-performance PC. While it outperforms some competitors, improvements are modest. Studies show AI coding tools often lead to more errors and security issues.
🌐 Mistral is commercializing Codestral via a hosted version on Le Chat AI and a paid API, integrating it into platforms like LlamaIndex, LangChain, Continue.dev, and Tabnine to reach more developers.
Palantir Wins $480M Contract For
AI Battlefield Analysis System
📢 Defense News Update
The US Department of Defense has awarded Palantir a $480M contract to develop the Army’s Maven Smart System prototype, an AI tool for battlefield analysis. This project, started in 2017, aims to enhance military operations using AI and machine learning. Expected progress: May 2029. 🚀
🔍 Maven Smart System:
Integrates satellite imagery, geolocation data, and intercepted communications for battlefield analysis. Uses advanced machine learning to autonomously identify potential targets. 🎯
🌐 Project Maven’s Role:
Deployed globally, Maven improves ground awareness and troop movement identification, supporting logistics and operations. Crucial for the US military's AI strategy. 🛡️
🤖 Palantir’s AI Expertise:
Palantir, known for defense projects, adds this contract to their portfolio, including recent deals with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and a $250M US Army AI research contract. 🌍
🔬 AI in Modern Warfare:
The DoD is enhancing efficiency with AI, as seen with the rise of drone warfare. In 2020, the US successfully deployed AI to destroy a target during an exercise, highlighting AI's role in defense. 💥
xAI is Moving Fast
🚀 Big Moves in AI: Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, has secured a whopping $6 billion in Series B funding, valuing the company at $18 billion!
🌟 Backers include Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia, and Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal's Kingdom Holding. This funding will accelerate the launch of xAI's ChatGPT-rival, Grok, and its ambitious project to build a "Gigafactory of Compute" with Oracle. 🔧
🖥️ The planned supercomputer will be powered by Nvidia’s H100 GPUs, aiming to be four times larger than any existing GPU clusters. Musk envisions xAI rivaling AI leaders like OpenAI and Google DeepMind by the end of 2024.
🌍️ Grok, designed for natural conversations and creative content generation, is now available in Europe as part of xAI’s global strategy to democratize advanced AI tools.
Space & Tech
China’s Big Fund:
Boosting Semiconductor Independence
💰 China has launched Big Fund III with a whopping 344 billion yuan ($47.5B) to boost its semiconductor industry and achieve chip sovereignty. This fund is part of China’s strategy to reduce reliance on foreign tech and strengthen its own semiconductor production.
🔗 This aligns with Huawei's move towards domestic suppliers, highlighting the ongoing chip war between China and the West. Taiwan’s TSMC, producing 90% of the world's advanced chips, remains a focal point in this battle.
🚫 U.S. sanctions challenge China’s progress, affecting companies like Nvidia. However, Big Fund III focuses on wafer manufacturing and HBM chips for AI, 5G, and IoT, surpassing U.S. and EU funding efforts.
📈 The fund's announcement spurred a rally in Chinese semiconductor stocks. Despite past challenges like corruption and slow progress, China is determined to secure its place in the global semiconductor landscape.
🔍 Meanwhile, Western innovations like Diamfab’s diamond semiconductors for the automotive industry offer promising alternatives, potentially shaping the future alongside China’s advancements.
Hera Spacecraft Preps for Asteroid Navigation
🚀 Navigating in Alien Space with Precision
Hera faces the challenge of navigating in the ultra-low gravity around the Didymos binary asteroid system. This environment has gravity fields tens of thousands of times weaker than Earth’s. 🌌
Hera’s high degree of onboard autonomy is crucial. Its GNC system integrates data from sources like the Asteroid Framing Camera and the PALT-H laser altimeter to understand its surroundings. 📡
During proximity operations, Hera uses techniques such as surface feature tracking and hyperbolic arcs to maintain its position. These maneuvers need precise execution due to low velocities and collision risks. 🌠
As Hera approaches the asteroids, its autonomous navigation will be key for identifying surface features and mapping the terrain. This data helps mission controllers measure the moonlet’s mass and monitor its impact on the parent asteroid. 🛰️