It sounds like a sci-fi movie: an artificial intelligence pissed off against human pilots. (Actually, it’s probably already done.)
Unfortunately, DARPA will not hold a personal event for its third and final AlphaDogfight trial. It will practically happen, instead, with participants and viewers watching online as AI algorithms monitor simulated F-16 fighter plans in air combat. At the end of the three-day event, viewers will witness a matchup between the top AI and an experienced Air Force fighter pilot, who will also check out a virtual F-16.
If you are interested, you must register in advance to agree. If you are in the US, you have to sign up by August 17, while everyone else has until August 11. As long as the human race does not fall, it should be pretty cool.
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Amazon can turn JCPenney and Sears stores into warehouses
Repeated by one of the things that killed her?
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Wall Street Journall sources claim that Amazon is in talks with shopping center Simon Property Group to convert some of its department stores into follow-up centers. The retailer is looking to step into empty JCPenney and Sears stores or otherwise buy locations that are still in use. At the same time, Amazon is also in talks with multiple mall owners about placing their future cheap groceries in former JCPenney spaces. Continue reading.
WarnerMedia shakes itself to focus on HBO Max
And directs their global ambitions.
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WarnerMedia has gone through a management shakeup under new CEO Jason Kilar, and it’s part of its effort to make HBO Max the company’s top priority. Kilar announced the restructuring in an email to employees. He stressed the importance of dealing with urgency because of the “economic pressure and acceleration of direct-to-consumer acceptance” caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In short, human behavior is changing, and now is the time for change.
The new structure consolidates all WarnerMedia production activities – Warner Bros., HBO, HBO Max, TNT, TBS and TruTV – under (thankfully) one group of studios and networks led by Warner Bros. Continue reading.
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Toshiba officially closes the laptop business
Sharp is owned by what is left of Toshiba’s computer setup.
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Toshiba has quietly sold its remaining 19.9 percent stake in its Dynabook laptop brand to Sharp, officially leaving the laptop business and the PC business in general. The company hadn’t been a big name in PCs for a while (it sold the majority of the company to Sharp in 2018), but this is still remarkable – the end of a 35-year run. Toshiba was a pioneer in the early days of laptops, but struggled in the modern age of ultraportables and slick designs. Continue reading.
