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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - December 2018

Dec 2018

Jul 28, 2023

India AI' and Meta, Sign MoU to Foster Advancements in AI

In order to foster collaboration in the field of AI and Emerging Technologies, 'India AI' – an IBD under Digital India Corporation and Meta, India signed an MoU. The MoU was signed by Abhishek Singh, CEO of India AI, and Shivnath Thukral, Director & Head of Public Policy, Meta in India.
The objective of the MoU is to establish a framework for collaboration and cooperation between 'India AI' and Meta in the field of Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies including to make Meta's open-source AI models available for use by Indian AI ecosystem.
India AI and Meta will strive to enhance accessibility to AI compute resources for researchers, start-ups, and organizations with limited resources. Knowledge sharing and collaboration in AI & Emerging Technologies will be facilitated through workshops, seminars, conferences, and similar platforms.
India AI and Meta share a common goal of raising awareness about AI's potential benefits and risks among various stakeholders, including policymakers, businesses, civil society, and the general public. They will also work together to promote responsible AI practices through the collaborative development of comprehensive tools and guidelines.

Jul 27, 2023

SpaceX Postpones Launch of World's Largest Private Communication Satellite

SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, announced that the launch of the world's largest private satellite, named JUPITER-3 was delayed due to a violation of abort criteria.
This remarkable satellite will be lifted into space by SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A in Florida, marking the seventh launch for the powerful triple-booster rocket.
Developed by Maxar Technologies in California, JUPITER-3 is not only impressive in size but also in its advanced technological features and capabilities.
Once fully deployed, the satellite's dimensions will rival the wingspan of a commercial airliner, measuring between 130-160 feet (40-50 metres). Its innovative architecture has allowed for electronics miniaturisation, including solid-state amplifiers and enhanced antenna efficiency.
JUPITER-3 is expected to double the capacity of Maxar's satellite fleet, providing an additional 500 Gbps of connectivity.

Jul 25, 2023

AST SpaceMobile Opens Research Centre in Hyderabad's Sattva Knowledge City

AST SpaceMobile, a company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, opened a new research and development (R&D) services hub and space technology development centre in Hyderabad.
The state-of-the-art facility will focus on next-generation hardware, software, space-related technologies and operations. Narayana Pidugu, a veteran of the technology and space industries, will direct the new facility as general manager and vice president of global R&D services. Vodafone, Rakuten, American Tower, Samsung NEXT and Bell Canada are also investors in AST SpaceMobile.

Twitter Replaces Iconic Bird Logo with 'X'

Elon Musk, owner of Twitter launched the new logo of Twitter 'X' by replacing the iconic bird logo. The 'X' logo was in the pipeline for a while with Musk's strong want of an 'everything app'. Before he bought Twitter for $44 billion, Musk described the platform as an accelerant to creating 'X', the 'everything app'.
This rebranding of Twitter is not just an aesthetic exercise. 'X' logo is a part of a larger effort to convert Twitter into an 'everything app', based on China's WeChat, that allows users to do everything from making payments to hotel bookings.

Jul 24, 2023

Government Cautions Internet Users against Ransomware 'Akira'

The government cautioned against an Internet ransomware called 'Akira' which steals important information and encrypts data which can lead to extortion.
CERT-In, the government's technology arm which guards against cyber attacks, issued an advisory regarding 'Akira', a computer malware targets Windows and Linux-based systems.
Akira steals information and then encrypts data on their systems. Once this is done, the malware conducts double extortion, thus forcing the victim into paying the ransom amount.
In case the victim does not pay, they release their victim's data on their dark web blog.
CERT-In thus suggested that Internet users should use basic online hygiene and protection protocols to protect themselves from such attacks. It also recommended that users should maintain offline backups of critical data and keep them updated, to prevent its loss in case of an attack.

Jul 22, 2023

Meta Collaborates with Microsoft to Launch Llama 2 AI Language Model

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta partnered with Microsoft to introduce Llama 2, its next-generation open-source language model.
Llama 2 was created within a research lab in Meta, by a team led by Yann LeCun who is hailed as one of the founding fathers of neural networks. Reportedly, Llama 2 has outperformed GPT-3 and is similar to ChatGPT when it comes to chat model quality. However, it lacks the ability to code.
Llama 2 is a large language model (LLM) that can be used to create chatbots such as ChatGPT. LLMs are trained on humongous amounts of data that allow them to replicate human language and even programming. Now that Meta is making Llama 2 open-source, its content will be available for people to access for free and use and tweak to create their own AI chatbots for other purposes.
The objective behind making Llama 2 open source is so that start-ups and other businesses can access it and tweak it to create their own AI products. This could potentially add to the ever-increasing list of chatbots that can rival OpenAI's ChatGPT or Google Bard.

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