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Could next-gen artificial intelligence help map out future space outposts?

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Planning a successful trip can be challenging, especially when your destination is in outer space. Even before liftoff, space missions require extraordinary amounts of scientific preparation and data analysis to succeed, which can take years to complete. However, as space agencies race to establish a permanent presence on the moon, using artificial intelligence to combine such information into a single system could make mission planning much more efficient.

Microsoft's Big Bets on AI Start to Pay Off

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Microsoft Corp. reported better-than-expected cloud revenue, suggesting the company continues to reap the benefits of its massive investment in artificial intelligence. Sales at Azure were up 48%. Revenue from a commercial deal with OpenAI totaled $10 billion. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow and Anurag Rana of Bloomberg Intelligence report. (Source: Bloomberg)

Russell Brand tells trial it was wrong to use fame to ‘facilitate’ sex with women

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Former comedian, in court on rape and sexual assault charges, says he misused position but ‘consent is more important than sex itself’

Russell Brand has told a court that he was wrong to have used his fame and success to “facilitate” sexual activity with women.

The 51-year-old comedian said he had “misused” his position “very selfishly” and dedicated his life to “reckless philandering and idiocy”.

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EU backs away from offer to Canada to start ‘associate member’ talks

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Watered-down version of statement to be issued at end of Montreal summit instead offers ‘ever closer association’

The EU has backed away from its offer to Canada to start talks on becoming an “associate member” after disagreements between member states just as an EU-Canada summit was set to begin in Montreal.

A draft of a joint statement to be issued after the end of the summit, which runs Thursday and Friday, showed a watered-down version offering “an ever closer association of Canada to the EU, short of full membership itself”.

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