🌌 The Early Universe's Group Hug: First Stars Found to Form in Small Clusters ⭐

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• 🔬 Research highlights: Star-Studded Discovery Thanks to AI: First Stars Likely Formed in Clusters

• 🚨 Industry news: AI Hold up: Experts Call for Pause in Development to Ensure Safe and Loyal Systems

• ⚖️ Policy and regulation: Chatbot Grills Japan's Prime Minister in Parliament

• 🧰 Tool of the day: Delibr: Write on, Elevate the Art of Writing

⭐ Star-Studded Discovery Thanks to AI: First Stars Likely Formed in Clusters

A team of researchers from the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) studied the chemical makeup of highly metal-poor stars in our Milky Way Galaxy using machine learning and supernova nucleosynthesis.

They discovered that 68% of these second-generation stars had been enriched by many prior supernovae, putting the first quantitative limit on the number of initial stars.

Contrary to popular belief, most initial stars evolved in tiny clusters rather than alone.

The team's innovative approach paves the way for making the most of the Prime Focus Spectrograph's discovery of various chemical fingerprints in metal-poor stars.

🤓 You Should Know:

• Using machine learning and supernova nucleosynthesis, Kavli IPMU researchers investigated the chemical composition of highly metal-poor stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

• The findings indicate that the first stars originated in small clusters rather than alone, contributing to the metal enrichment of the early interstellar medium via many supernovae.

• This has ramifications for understanding the processes that led to galaxies and celestial bodies forming.

• The novel method developed by the team has immediate implications for future astronomical surveys, boosting our ability to interpret enormous amounts of data in astrophysics.

• The research advances our understanding of the universe's fundamental features and the beginnings of human existence.

⏸️ AI Hold up: Experts Call for Pause in Development to Ensure Safe and Loyal Systems

Elon Musk and over 1,000 others have signed an open letter calling for a halt to developing robust AI systems like OpenAI's GPT-4.

According to the letter hosted by Musk's Future of Life Institute, powerful AI systems should only be developed if their impacts are good and risks are manageable.

The authors proposed a six-month moratorium to establish safety procedures and AI governance mechanisms to ensure that AI systems are more accurate, safe, "trustworthy, and loyal."

Researchers have warned that chatbots powered by GPT-4 may propagate misinformation.

Nevertheless, novelist Cory Doctorow believes that the potential and threat of artificial intelligence have been overstated.

🤖😐 Chatbot Grills Japan's Prime Minister in Parliament

At parliament, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addressed questions generated by OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Kazuma Nakatani, an opposition legislator, asked ChatGPT what questions it would ask the prime minister and utilized the results to come up with questions during a discussion concerning a draft amendment linked to the Covid-19 pandemic policy.

The usage of ChatGPT in parliament may have been a playful application of new technology, but there is rising concern about artificial intelligence's rapid deployment.

More than 1,100 AI researchers and industry executives, including Elon Musk, called for a six-month moratorium on training systems more capable than ChatGPT this week to allow for the creation of standardized safety protocols.

✍🏾 Delibr: Write on, Elevate the Art of Writing

Delibr is an AI-powered writing tool aiming to increase productivity, improve quality, and simplify writing.

It provides various functions, including coaching and writing support, dynamic templates, feedback revision, and AI-driven write-ups, to aid users in meeting their writing objectives efficiently.

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