🌕 China plans a GPS on the moon, robots could be 33% of US military forces by 2039, whistleblowers reveal OpenAI agreements blocked staff from revealing risks to humanity

Scientists in China are planning to develop a navigation system around the moon that will support Beijing’s lunar ambitions.

They plan to send more than a dozen satellites around the moon to get accurate navigation data.

Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering has proposed the construction of 21 satellites around the moon. According to a report, the scientists plan to build a navigation system around the moon that provides real-time data. For more on this development, check out today’s Must-Read.

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🌕 Moon to have its own GPS soon, Chinese scientists reveal plan

Satellite-based systems can provide scientists with sub-meter level high-precision location services, improve navigation and positioning accuracy, and can be widely applied in multiple areas: transportation, surveying and mapping, deformation monitoring, oil and gas, etc.

The construction of cislunar space infrastructure (CLSI) can provide basic and universal services for human activities in the cislunar space, including data communications, position navigation, and timing (PNT).

According to a paper published last month in the journal Chinese Space Science and Technology, it will also provide situation monitoring for the development of lunar space, which can meet the needs of follow-up major national lunar exploration projects.

🤖 Robots to make one-third of US military forces by 2039: Ex-general

One-third of the US military could be robotic in the next 15 years, claimed retired Army Gen. Mark Milley, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The extensive adoption of unmanned and AI-driven tools of war would significantly reshape the military, raising serious ethical questions. According to Milley, it will be a fundamental change, and he argues that other nations’ militaries will be similarly designed.

During the Axios‘ Future of Defense event, Milley stressed that the number of human troops “will probably be reduced as you move toward robotic systems”.

⚠️ OpenAI agreements blocked staff from revealing AI risks: Whistleblowers

The ChatGPT-maker is facing fresh accusations as some whistleblowers have alleged that OpenAI illegally barred its staffers from revealing risks its technology posed to humanity, said a report.

A complaint related to the issue has been filed with the US financial watchdog, Securities and Exchange Commission.

In the seven-page letter, whistleblowers claimed the AI firm issued its staffers overly restrictive employment, severance and nondisclosure agreements that could have led to penalties against workers who raised concerns about OpenAI to federal regulators, according to The Washington Post.

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