Elon Musk wants to open a university; Jeff Bezos discusses plans for people to live in space stations.

🌌 Jeff Bezos discusses plans for trillion people to live in huge cylindrical space stations. Link

• Jeff Bezos envisions humanity living in massive cylindrical space stations, as per his recent interview with Lex Fridman.

• Bezos shared his aspiration for a trillion people to live in the solar system, facilitated by these space habitats, citing the potential to have thousands of Mozarts and Einsteins at any given time.

• His vision contrasts with Elon Musk's goal of establishing cities on planets like Mars, seeing Earth as a holiday destination and highlighting the future role of AI and Amazon's influence in space living.

🖼️ Midjourney to launch a new platform for AI image generation. Link

• Midjourney, a leading AI image generation service, has launched an alpha version of its website, allowing direct image creation for select users.

• The new web interface offers a simpler user experience with visual settings adjustments and a gallery of past image generations.

• Access to the alpha site is currently restricted to users who have created over 10,000 images on Midjourney, but it will expand to more users soon.

🎓 Elon Musk wants to open a university. Link

• Elon Musk aims to create a university in Austin, Texas, focusing on STEM education and offering hands-on learning experiences.

• The university will be ‘dedicated to education at the highest levels,’ according to tax documents obtained by Bloomberg.

• Musk's educational plans also include opening STEM-focused K-12 schools, with potential for a Montessori-style institution within a planned town in Texas.

👂 Despite the denials, 'your devices are listening to you,' says ad company. Link

• An advertising company has recently claimed that it can deploy "active listening" technology through devices like smartphones and smart TVs to target ads based on voice data from everyday conversations.

• This controversial claim suggests that these targeted advertisements can be directed at individuals using specific phrases they say, intensifying concerns about privacy and surveillance in the digital age.

• The assertion highlights a growing debate about the balance between technological advancement in advertising and the imperative to protect individual privacy rights in an increasingly digital world.

🚀 SpaceX blasts FCC as it refuses to reinstate Starlink’s $886 million grant. Link

• SpaceX is upset because the FCC has denied their appeal to recover a $886 million broadband grant for Starlink services in rural areas.

• The FCC cited Starlink's technological limitations and capacity constraints as reasons for rejecting their application.

• Despite the setback, SpaceX insists that Starlink is the best, and possibly the only, immediate option to connect rural and remote Americans to high-speed internet.

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