📦 Japan is approaching the moon, OpenAI wants to trademark "GPT", AI is coming for the metaverse

Rocket science 🚀

iSpace gets ready to reach the moon (3 min)

This Japanese company plans to land a spacecraft called Hakuto-R in the Atlas Crater, which if successful would be Japan's first lunar approach and the first private landing on the moon.

AI 🤖

Nvidia launches NeMo Guardrails (3 min)

In an effort to make text-generating AI models safer and less susceptible to biases, Nvidia is releasing an open-source toolkit that will make AI-powered apps more “accurate.”

Cybersecurity and generative AI are now connected (3 min)

Google’s latest announcement is a cybersecurity suite powered by Sec-PaLM, their specialized AI language model, which aims to assist users facing security threats.

Best AI products for 2023 (3 min)

Want to make the most of the year of artificial intelligence? Check out this compilation of the most relevant AI products that can help you stay on top of the latest trends.

Big tech 🌟

“GPT” is becoming a trademark (2 min)

As the popularity of learning models rises, more companies are launching chatbots with OpenAI’s original acronym. However, this may change soon as they have recently applied to trademark it.

AI may be overthrowing the Metaverse (2 min)

Mark Zuckerberg's increasing focus on artificial intelligence has raised concerns among analysts, who fear that Meta may soon become MetAI.

Electric cars 🚗

Tesla's Supercharger network is expanding (2 min)

Just as they did in Europe, the company is now making their Supercharger available to non-Tesla electric vehicles in China, as proof of their commitment to a fully-opened global charging network.

GM continues to invest in battery manufacturing (2 min)

As part of its partnership with Samsung SDI, General Motors Co. is planning to build a $3 billion battery cell factory in the US for electric vehicles by 2026.

General Motors is shifting its focus (3 min)

Using their plant to assemble electric trucks instead, the automaker will cease production of the Chevy Bolt, one of the most affordable electric vehicles on the market, by the end of 2023.

Science ⚗️

A call from Texas to Japan (2 min)

The future of communication is here with space-based voice calls as AST SpaceMobile and AT&T make history with the first two-way audio call using satellites and a smartphone.

Miscellaneous 🌐

No more phone-switching! (2 min)

WhatsApp has recently introduced a new feature that allows its users to link multiple smartphones to a single account, bringing easy access across all devices.