💡 Warp News #225
🧒🏿 UN: Milestone as the number of child deaths falls below 5 million for the first time. 🚀 Starship takes another step forward, reaches orbit velocity. 🧬 Reviving the mammoth is getting closer. 🦐 Discovery of 100 new marine species.
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😲 Shaky start in Sarajevo
I woke up a little after four in the morning in Sarajevo. On my way back from the bathroom, I heard a strange noise. After a moment, I realized it was the hangers in the closet rattling. Odd, I must have bumped into the bed or something.
Had I been more awake, I would have understood that it wasn't possible; the bed isn't positioned that way. I went back to bed and fell asleep again.
In the morning, as I scrolled through the news, I saw: Earthquake in Bosnia!
I mentioned earlier that it will be nice to update my perception of Sarajevo, which is marked by the war in the 90s and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Now I can add an earthquake to that list.
Luckily, it was a minor one, and no people seem to have been harmed.
During the day, I held a masterclass on AI for EEAS, which is the EU's diplomatic arm. I demonstrated, among other things, how to use ChatGPT to write texts in a variety of ways.
We used a description of EEAS as a starting point and let ChatGPT transform it into a limerick:
There once was a service called EEAS,
Promoting peace and ease, if you please.
Since twenty-eleven,
They've worked to make heaven,
For Europeans, across all the seas.
Building on a NATO report, we also discussed how to use AI in strategic communication and how to counter AI propaganda from Russia and other malicious actors. Because such disinformation can pop up anywhere.
Speaking of an AI masterclass...
Now is the time to book my AI masterclass on how to write better and faster with the help of AI, which I'm doing together with SN7 on April 12th in Stockholm.
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🧒🏿 UN: Historic milestone as the number of child deaths falls below 5 million for the first time
Since 2000, the global under-five mortality rate has more than halved. Several low- and lower-middle-income countries have surpassed the global decline, with some reducing child mortality by more than two-thirds.
🚀 Starship takes another step forward, reaches orbit velocity
SpaceX's revolutionary new spacecraft, Starship, took another step forward in its latest test flight. For the first time, it reached orbital velocity.
🦐 Discovery of 100 new marine species in New Zealand
A team of researchers has discovered at least one hundred new marine species in the Bounty Trough off the south coast of New Zealand. The expedition found dozens of molluscs, three fish, a shrimp, and a predatory squid.
🧬 Reviving the mammoth is getting closer
Colossal Biosciences has succeeded in creating elephant cells that can be reprogrammed into various cell types, including those required to create a mammoth. This success opens new possibilities for research around extinct species and the conservation of endangered species.
🌝 Interlune aims to extract helium-3 on the moon
The company has raised 15 million dollars to finance its operations. Helium-3 has potential for use in quantum computers and medical imaging, as well as fuel in fusion reactors.
🌾 28 years of GMO food without any harm
Since the first genetically modified crops were approved in 1995, no GMO products have been shown to be harmful to humans. GMOs have improved yields, reduced losses from insect attacks, and contributed to nutritional enhancements.
🔋 Major progress for Project Energy Society: Signs deal covering 20% of Sweden's homes
The concept of local electricity production, storage, and sharing of energy will be offered to Sweden's public housing companies. Project Energy Society, which includes the Warp Institute, aims to create an abundance of cheap and clean energy at a low fixed price
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