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Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman launched a competition encouraging programmers to develop software that can help experts read the text. One contestant found a series of patterns that look like crackles in the script and led to the discovery of a first letter, prompting others to start finding more in an attempt to crack whole words.

The memo led by Lisa Costa, the Space Force's chief technology and innovation officer acknowledged that LLMs will help make Guardians more productive, but raised"data aggregation risks". Models can be trained on data generated in conversations, and it's possible that if the military divulges secret data users could extract or uncover the information in the future.

Researchers working on the company's Project Green Light continue to analyze the flow of traffic data using Google Maps with AI. They have built an AI-based model of intersections to recommend how to synchronize traffic lights to help more cars pass through more smoothly with fewer stops and starts.

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