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🧬 OpenAI is trying to extend human life

🤖 Humanoid robots to build iPhones in China

🚀 FAA investigates SpaceX Starship explosion aftermath

🚁 Amazon pauses drone deliveries after two crashes

🧠 Google's Titans AI model introduces long-term memory

🎁 + 9 other news you might like

🔮 + 1 handpicked research papers and tools

🧬 OpenAI is trying to extend human life LINK

OpenAI has partnered with Retro Biosciences to develop GPT-4b micro, a specialized language model aimed at enhancing Yamanaka factors, which are key proteins for cellular rejuvenation and tissue growth.

The GPT-4b micro model was trained on diverse protein sequences and interaction data, enabling it to suggest protein variants that researchers can experimentally evaluate, showing improvements in Yamanaka factors by up to 50 times.

While promising, these findings require further validation, as OpenAI and Retro Biosciences have not yet published their research for peer review, and the model remains unavailable to the public.

🤖 Humanoid robots to build iPhones in China LINK

UBTech, a humanoid robot maker from Shenzhen, has partnered with Foxconn to use its Walker S1 robots in iPhone assembly, performing complex and precise production tasks.

The collaboration aims to boost AI development in manufacturing, with the Walker S1 robot designed for tasks like quality inspections, carrying parcels, and assembling components.

UBTech has completed training for logistics operations at Foxconn's factories and plans to deploy robots at Foxconn's EV factory, prioritizing tasks that impact workers' health and enhancing robot capabilities.

🚀 FAA investigates SpaceX Starship explosion aftermath LINK

The Federal Aviation Administration has temporarily stopped SpaceX from launching future Starship flights after the latest test led to debris falling over the Atlantic Ocean.

The FAA activated emergency protocols to warn aircraft about potential hazards from falling space debris, with some flights needing to hold or divert due to low fuel.

SpaceX must conduct a "mishap investigation" to identify the cause of the Starship's disintegration, delaying further tests until the FAA confirms the vehicle's safety for launch.

🚁 Amazon pauses drone deliveries after two crashes LINK

Amazon has paused all commercial drone deliveries in Texas and Arizona following two crashes of its MK30 drones at a testing site in Pendleton, Oregon.

The crashes, attributed to a software issue connected to light rain, prompted Amazon to voluntarily halt operations and implement software updates before seeking Federal Aviation Administration approval to resume.

Despite the incidents, Amazon continues to pay employees at the drone sites and views such testing mishaps as part of improving the safety of its drone delivery service.

🧠 Google's Titans AI model introduces long-term memory LINK

Google's new Transformer model, Titans, introduces a system that mimics long-term memory, enabling it to process much longer sequences of information than existing models, thus improving task performance.

Titans uses a unique approach to memory by prioritizing unexpected information for long-term storage, helping it use memory space efficiently, and employs three architectures: Memory as Context, Memory as Gate, and Memory as Layer.

In tests, Titans outperformed models like the classic Transformer in handling long texts and set new records for language modeling; it showed exceptional accuracy in the "Needle in the Haystack" test despite having fewer parameters than some larger models.

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Latest research and tools

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