The Battle for Satellite Internet and Biased AI Detection

What’s coming: Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are about to lock horns once again. Last month, the US Federal Communications Commission approved the final aspects of Project Kuiper, Amazon’s effort to provide high-speed internet access from space. In May, the company will test its satellites in a bid to take on SpaceX’s own venture, Starlink, and tap into a potentially very lucrative market.

The catch: The main difference is that Starlink is operational, and has been for years, while Amazon doesn’t plan to start offering Kuiper as a service until 2024, giving SpaceX a huge head start. Additionally, none of the rockets that Amazon has purchased a ride on have yet reached space. Read the full story.

—Jonathan O’Callaghan

These New Tools Let You See For Yourself How Biased AI Image Models Are

The news: A set of new online interactive tools allows users to examine the biases of three popular AI image generation models: DALL-E 2 and the two recent versions of Stable Diffusion. The tools, built by researchers from startup AI Hugging Face and the University of Leipzig, are detailed in a non-peer-reviewed article.

Why is this important: It is well known that AI image generation models tend to amplify prejudices and harmful stereotypes. For example, the researchers found that DALL-E 2 spawned white males 97% of the time when given prompts like “CEO” or “Director.” Now people don’t just have to take the experts at their word: they can use these tools to see the problem for themselves. Read the full story.

—Melissa Heikkila