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AI-enabled control system helps autonomous drones stay on target in uncertain environments
An autonomous drone carrying water to help extinguish a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada might encounter swirling Santa Ana winds that threaten to push it off course. Rapidly adapting to these unknown disturbances inflight presents an enormous challenge for the drone’s flight control system. To help such a drone stay on target, MIT researchers developed a…
New training approach could help AI agents perform better in uncertain conditions
A home robot trained to perform household tasks in a factory may fail to effectively scrub the sink or take out the trash when deployed in a user’s kitchen, since this new environment differs from its training space. To avoid this, engineers often try to match the simulated training environment as closely as possible with…
What to know about TikTok’s uncertain future in the US and the people who want to buy it | TechCrunch
TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years now due to concerns about user data potentially being accessed by the Chinese government. Just this past month, the app experienced a temporary outage in the U.S. that left millions of users in suspense before…
As TikTok faces a ban, creators brace for an uncertain future
UPDATE: Jan. 24, 2025, 3:30 p.m. EST Shortly after taking office this week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Department of Justice to delay enforcing a TikTok ban for 75 days. The order doesn’t mean TikTok is saved in the U.S. — far from it. It does, however, give time for ByteDance…