Marcus does a lot of his tweeting on scenic walks round his hometown of Vancouver. Our senior AI reporter Melissa Heikkilä determined to hitch him on one such stroll whereas she was visiting town, to listen to his ideas on the newest product releases and goings-on in AI. Right here’s what he needed to say to her. 

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1 A brand new class of satellites may change all the pieces 🛰️
They’re armed with cameras highly effective sufficient to seize peoples’ particular person options. (NYT $)
+ An enormous European satellite tv for pc is ready to return to Earth tomorrow. (Ars Technica)
+ A brand new satellite tv for pc will use Google’s AI to map methane leaks from area. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)

2 How a lot electrical energy does AI eat?
It’s rather a lot—however figuring out actual sums might be difficult. (The Verge)
+ Making a picture with generative AI makes use of as a lot vitality as charging your telephone. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)

3 How Silicon Valley discovered to like the navy
The world is feeling like a extra harmful place as of late, and that’s drowning out any moral issues. (WP $)
+ Why enterprise is booming for navy AI startups. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)
+ SpaceX is getting nearer to US intelligence and navy companies. (WSJ $)
+ Ukraine is in determined want of higher strategies to clear land mines. (Wired $)

4 The EU is investigating TikTok over little one security
It alleges the corporate isn’t doing sufficient to confirm customers’ ages. (Mashable)

5 It’s laborious to get all that enthusiastic about Bluesky 
It’s simply extra of the identical social media. (Wired $)
+ The way to repair the web. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)
+ Why thousands and thousands of persons are flocking to decentralized social media companies. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)

6 Ozempic is taking off in China
An absence of official approval there but isn’t stopping anybody. (WSJ $)
+ We’ve by no means understood how starvation works. That is likely to be about to alter. (MIT Know-how Evaluation)

7 Meet the individuals attempting to make moral AI porn
Intercourse work is a sector that’s already being closely disrupted by AI. (The Guardian)

8 Why we want DNA information drives
We’re quickly operating out of space for storing, however DNA is a surprisingly viable possibility. (IEEE Spectrum)

9 You don’t have to hold closing your telephone’s background apps
It does nothing on your battery life. In truth, it will possibly even drain it additional. (Gizmodo)
+ Right here’s one other fable value busting: you shouldn’t put your moist telephone in rice. (The Verge)

10 The mysterious math of billiard tables
In the event you battle to play pool, take consolation within the reality mathematicians get stumped by it too. (Quanta $)