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Japan commits up to $6.16B over five years to Noetra, a consortium led by SoftBank, Honda, NEC, and Sony, to develop a domestic AI foundation model by 2027 (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

Japan backs SoftBank-led AI models with up to $6.2bn in chasing US, China
New company will focus on physical AI using data from Japanese companies

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
Feon:
🎵 Cosmic Cathedral
#Feon
https://invisible-inc.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic-cathedral

Raiders named landing spot for Kirk Cousins' former top wide receiver target https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/raiders-landing-spot-kirk-cousins-former-wide-receiver-targe…

With an #acting #coaching client explored a character's baseline, kind of default, vocal resonance/how they use their voice. It was really cool to find the parts of the scene where the material demanded their voice deviate from their default, revealed some key moments.

Another sunspot-rich #sunset from Bochum, Germany, today - use https://spaceweather.com/images2026/31may26/hmi1898.gif (tilted to the right, of course) for activity region identifications. Aaaand see https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid07g431555EiAngvXLGdH5uHjyAeDaqZ2do2zXGiiETob6VMMAq97EeThdEdqPukzKl for 191 pictures of the last seven sunsets documented from this place, ending with a looong sequence from today with some special effects.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Gwen McCrae:
🎵 Funky Sensation
#GwenMcCrae
https://open.spotify.com/track/3SHKFKCccGc2gZkI7G1hMZ

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Okkervil River:
🎵 Another Radio Song
#OkkervilRiver
https://open.spotify.com/track/5vezIAbCwj3XnJ7pLEpUEq

A more technical update about the start of the #LSST with the #RubinObservatory in spite of non-perfect performance: https://community.lsst.org/t/the-lsst-has-started/12201 -> "a brief summary of what has prompted us to draw the early operations optimization phase to a close and get the survey started. [...] Pre-LSST observations show that the as-built Simonyi Telescope can already deliver an arcsecond sky survey, and there is a technical pathway to make the ~10% improvement in delivered image quality needed to approximately match the baseline survey simulation and deliver a sub-arcsecond LSST, as required. [...] The Board also noted that the time was right: all eight LSST Science Collaborations sent written support for starting the LSST while continuing to improve performance in parallel."

Fernando Mendoza 'growing pains' explain Raiders' plan for Kirk Cousins https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/fernando-mendoza-growing-pains-explain-raiders-plan-ki…

"Lots and lots of things scare me but you just get on with it. Fright can transform into petrol, you just have to use it to your advantage."
—Judi Dench
#acting #coaching #inspiration