NASA launches new space sail + 2 more stories

New Instagram feature fights extortion, NASA set to use solar sails, AI giants unveil new models

See a small update after the news.

Today ChatGPT read 1132 top news stories. After removing previously covered events, there are 3 articles with a significance score over 6.

[6.4] Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion — The Hill

Instagram is introducing a new feature to blur nudity in direct messages as part of efforts to protect young users and counter sexual extortion. The feature, which will be tested soon, will be on by default for users under 18 and optional for adults. This comes in response to criticism of social media platforms for not safeguarding minors.

[6.2] NASA launching solar sail system for space travel — NASA

NASA is set to launch the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket in April from New Zealand. The technology aims to revolutionize space travel by using solar sails for propulsion, eliminating heavy systems. The sail, with composite booms, will measure 860 square feet in orbit. This innovation could lead to larger sails for missions to the Moon and Mars.

[6.1] AI race heats up as OpenAI, Google and Mistral release new models — The Guardian

OpenAI, Google, and French startup Mistral launched new AI models almost simultaneously, amidst anticipation for the next GPT release. Meta announced its Llama 3 model, while Google unveiled Gemini Pro 1.5 and OpenAI released GPT-4 Turbo, both multimodal systems. Mistral released Mixtral 8x22B, taking an open-source approach. This rapid development coincides with discussions on the limits of current AI technologies and the need for more "objective-driven" AI, capable of reasoning and planning.

Highly covered news with significance over 5.5:

[5.8] Enhanced US-Japan military cooperation announced to counter China
(The Guardian US + 16)

[5.6] EU passes historic migration laws after 8-year deadlock (The Guardian + 4)

The very next day after I started using the new ChatGPT model, OpenAI announced another update. Talk about good timing! The latest model is even harder to impress — it gives news even lower scores.

Just a week ago we had 50 stories per day with a 6+ significance. After the first update, we had 15. Now there’s only 3.

It’s obvious we need to adjust, so I’m lowering the threshold to 6+ for news with summaries and 5.5+ for highly covered stories. We’ll see if it works well.

Have a good day,
Vadim