TikTok is under investigation for spying on American journalists and potentially sharing US user data with China-based staff, causing controversy and increasing the possibility of the app being banned or sold to US ownership in the US and other western countries. NASA is using artificial intelligence to help navigate on the moon and is developing a navigation system and a "moon backpack" for the Artemis 2 mission, the first time humans have flown to the moon since the 1960s. And Amazon has conducted drone delivery trials in California and Texas, with select customers able to order small items via a smartphone app, which will then be delivered by drone to their address.

00:00 - Intro
01:54 - TikTok Faces US Ban After Discovery that Chinese Officials had Used the App to Spy on US Journalists
13:28 - So bringt die Nasa einer KI das Fahren auf dem Mond bei
19:44 - Amazon starts drone delivery trials in California and Texas

Summary:

TikTok has come under investigation after it was discovered that parent company ByteDance was spying on several American journalists, who it suspected had been in contact with ByteDance staff and had gained access to commercially sensitive information, violating user privacy and press freedom. The Committee for Foreign Investment is also investigating TikTok's potential linkage to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and whether US user information is being shared with China-based staff. TikTok has repeatedly denied such sharing and has been working with Oracle and the US government to establish new systems and control parameters to address concerns about the app being used as a data gathering tool by the CCP. The discovery of TikTok's spying has increased the likelihood of the app being sold to US ownership or banned in the US, which could also lead to bans in other western countries.

A NASA engineer is teaching an artificial intelligence (AI) how to navigate on the moon. Meanwhile, NASA is working on a navigation system and a "moon backpack." Artemis 2 will mark the first time humans have flown to the moon since the 1960s. NASA is preparing for this by testing different types of navigation. For one, an engineer is feeding an AI in order to always know where to go, even in adverse conditions. This is reported on the NASA homepage. Without roads, buildings, or other distinctive landmarks, navigating on the moon is not easy. Therefore, NASA is developing an AI-based navigation system. Engineer Alvin Yew feeds it with map data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The satellite has been orbiting the moon since 2009 and has a laser-based altimeter (Lola) that measures gradients and surface conditions and creates "high-resolution topographic maps". Yew also trains the program with features that would appear on the moon horizon. Using the map data, he creates digital panoramas that are compared to real recordings, such as from rovers.

Amazon has conducted drone delivery trials in California and Texas, with select customers able to order small items via a smartphone app, which will then be delivered by drone to their address. The drones lower the product to the ground using an extendable tether. The company has been developing its drone delivery service since 2013 and plans to launch its latest aircraft design, with improved durability and a range beyond the current nine miles, in 2024. Using drones can help speed up last-mile delivery services, especially in urban areas, and reduce carbon emissions. However, they must be robust enough to handle adverse weather conditions and be quiet enough to not cause annoyance for people living under their flight path.

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