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NASA Seeks Data and AI Chief
NASA is seeking a Data and AI Chief to lead the agency's data and AI strategy, reflecting growing emphasis on AI leadership roles in government agencies.
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9 storiesNASA is the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Recent coverage centers on its open-source Lunar Foundation Model with IBM, trained largely on 17 years of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data, which cuts error in predicting polar ice deposits by up to 22 percent. NASA is also recruiting a Data and AI Chief to lead its data and AI strategy.
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NASA and IBM release open source lunar foundation model
NASA and IBM have released the Lunar Foundation Model, one of the first open-source AI models for lunar science. Trained on nearly 2 million tile bundles, mostly from 17 years of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data, it cuts error in predicting polar ice deposits by up to 22 percent versus the strongest model tested against.
NASA-IBM open-source lunar AI model maps potential water ice
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AstroForge Puts In-House AI in Command of Spacecraft
Asteroid-mining startup AstroForge built an in-house transformer-based autonomy stack, Solo, for its Autonomy-1 spacecraft, set to launch in 2027 on Stoke Space's first rocket with NASA backing. The company has raised $56M in venture funding, and anomalies on its two prototype spacecraft, including the loss of contact with Odin, pushed it toward onboard autonomy.
NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Open-Source Geospatial AI Model
NASA and IBM released Lunar Foundation, an open-source geospatial AI model, but the retrieved text contains only the title and a Hacker News discussion link, lacking technical details or performance data.
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NASA and IBM Launch Lunar AI Foundation Model
NASA and IBM launched a foundation AI model for lunar science to support moon research and mission decision-making, indicating the specialization of large-model technology for space-science applications.
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