On a vivid afternoon in August, the shore of Utah’s Nice Salt Lake seems to be like one thing out of a science fiction movie set in a scorching alien world.
This otherworldly scene is the take a look at website for an organization referred to as Lilac Options, which is creating a expertise it says will shake up the US’ efforts to pry management over the worldwide provide of lithium, the so-called “white gold” wanted for electrical autos and batteries, away from China.
The startup is in a race to commercialize a brand new, much less environmentally-damaging approach to extract lithium from rocks. If all the pieces pans out, it might considerably improve home provide at a vital second for the nation’s lithium extraction business. Learn the total story.
—Alexander C. Kaufman
The three large unanswered questions on Sora
Final week OpenAI launched Sora, a TikTok-style app that presents an infinite feed of completely AI-generated movies, every as much as 10 seconds lengthy. The app lets you create a “cameo” of your self—a hyperrealistic avatar that mimics your look and voice—and insert different peoples’ cameos into your personal movies (relying on what permissions they set).
Within the days since, it soared to the highest spot on Apple’s US App Retailer. However its explosive progress raises a bunch of questions: can its reputation final? Can OpenAI afford it? And the way quickly till we begin seeing lawsuits over its use of copyrighted content material? Right here’s what we’ve realized up to now.
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—James O’Donnell
