OpenAI safety employee quits and calls for nuclear power station-like AI rules: A former OpenAI employee who previously led transparency work on the firm’s safety team has called for AI firms to be run more like nuclear power plants, “with layers of redundancy and careful, time-consuming planning, so that the occasional and inevitable human error does not open a door to disaster.” [
Bloomberg]
NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13 astronauts dies: Milt Windler, one of the four leading flight directors who helped safely bring back three astronauts on the nearly-disastrous Apollo 13 mission in 1970, died on Thursday at the age of 94. He also led flight director teams on the Apollo 8, 10, 12, 14, and 15 missions, as well as all three crewed missions to the United States’ first space station, Skylab. [
Ars Technica]
Elon Musk’s Terafab in talks with chipmaking giant: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has confirmed his Terafab semiconductor production initiative is discussing a potential collaboration with TSMC that would see the Taiwanese chipmaking giant build and operate the Terafab facility to make hardware exclusively for Musk’s companies. [
Tom’s Hardware]
Big pay shake-up for US government hackers: US Army documents show that Cyber Command analysts, developers, and operators with a basic-level proficiency will have their incentive pay drop by as much as $1,000 a month as part of a major compensation overhaul. At the same time, “masters”-level soldiers who are highly trained and certified will get raises of as much as $3,500. [
Bloomberg]
7-year-old Nvidia smart TV box gets a 50% price increase: Nvidia has increased the recommended retail price of its Shield TV Pro smart box by $100, due to the global memory crisis. The high-end streaming device has been priced at $200 since its launch in 2019. It is widely considered to be the most capable smart TV box outside of the Apple TV 4K. [
Ars Technica]
