Science and Hobby

OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra is now the most capable AI model available for public use, surpassing competitors in key benchmarks and safety features, according to official system documentation.

Exploring how multi-domain cyber, space, and information attacks threaten AI security and challenge traditional defense strategies.

The Vortex Field Unit has developed a new digital storm archive that visualizes supercell evolution through synchronized, procedural graphics, enhancing storm data analysis.

Portland experiences nearly 15 hours of daylight during the summer solstice, tracked by applied science signals to assist R&D decision-making.

Z.ai’s GLM-5.3 shows significant coding improvements through post-training scaling, but cybersecurity capabilities emerged faster than expected, prompting safety concerns.

Grok 4.6, released by SpaceXAI, shows modest intelligence gains but maintains flat pricing, igniting a price war at the AI frontier. Details remain evolving.

AI data-center expansion is pushing global energy capacity limits, especially in power supply and infrastructure, with significant geopolitical implications.

OlmoEarth Studio now supports on-demand export of satellite data embeddings for advanced analysis, enabling similarity search and land-cover classification.

Understanding the three stages of AI training—pre-training, post-training, and inference—and why models don’t learn from conversations.