There's literally a lot more stuff in space than there was last week – or at least, the number of active human-made satellites in Earth's orbit has gone up quite a bit, thanks to the launch of SpaceX's first 60 production Starlink satellites. This week also saw movement in other key areas of commercial space, and some continued activity in early-stage space startup ecosystem encouragement. Some of the'New Space' companies are flexing the advantages that are helping them shake up an industry typically reserved for just a few deep-pocketed defence contractors, and NASA is getting ready for planetary space exploration in more ways than one. The 60 Starlink satellites that SpaceX launched this week are the first that aren't specifically designated as tester vehicles, even though it launched a batch of 60 earlier this year, too. These ones will form the cornerstone of between 300-400 or so that will provide the first commercial service to customers in the U.S. and Canada next year, if everything goes to SpaceX's plan for its new global broadband service.

The graph represents a network of 5,470 Twitter users whose tweets in the requested range contained "(Artificial Intelligence) OR #AI", or who were replied to or mentioned in those tweets. The network was obtained from the NodeXL Graph Server on Friday, 15 November 2019 at 04:23 UTC. The requested start date was Friday, 15 November 2019 at 01:01 UTC and the maximum number of days (going backward) was 14. The maximum number of tweets collected was 5,000. The tweets in the network were tweeted over the 1-day, 1-hour, 30-minute period from Wednesday, 13 November 2019 at 23:22 UTC to Friday, 15 November 2019 at 00:53 UTC.

Mindtech Global Ltd, a UK based start-up, has announced container support to allow running multiple instances of their Chameleon synthetic data generation tool on clustered platforms. This approach enables full use of available compute resources leading to a significant reduction in training cycle times for neural networks using Synthetic data. Mindtech's Chameleon was built from the outset with the capability to scale for generating large amounts of data to meet the demands of training visual neural networks for AI systems. The simulator incorporates a scripting engine, enabling easy capabilities for repeated simulation runs, changing single variables at a time. The scenario editor is intended to allow the quick and easy creation of multiple different sequences, to create the data required for the intended use case.

UPDATED, Nov. 13, 2019: Bleutech Park announced last week it secured a 210-acre parcel of land on the south end of Las Vegas Boulevard. We are happy to announce we have secured a 210-acre parcel of land for our energy efficient mini-city at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas, it's time to revolutionize the world for the future and it all starts here. The developer touts this as a step forward in building a futuristic "mini-city" equipped with vertical gardens and advanced smart buildings featuring self-healing concrete and energy-generating materials, though some details remain unknown. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports there is no guarantee the deal will close, and noted the planned amenities are described using "an arsenal of buzz words."

Internet censorship, basically, is a very effective strategy used by dictatorial governments to limit access to information available online for controlling freedom of expression and prevent rebellion and discord. Countries at the forefront of adopting Internet censorship, as per the findings of the 2019 Freedom House report, are India and China as these are declared to be the worst abusers of digital freedom. Conversely, the US, Brazil, Sudan, and Kazakhstan are the countries where Internet freedom has considerably declined recently. When a country curbs Internet freedom, activists need to find ways to evade it. However, they may not need to manually search for it now that "Geneva" is here. The term is a shorter version of Genetic Evasion.

One of the world's top thinkers on artificial intelligence, tells us why we should be cautious but not terrified at the prospect of computers that can outsmart us. Professor Stuart Russell of the University of California, Berkeley, tells Ed Butler where he thinks we are going wrong in setting objectives for existing artificial intelligence systems, and the risk of unintended consequences.

On October 25, 2018, the first artificial intelligence artwork ever sold at Christie's auction house shattered expectations, fetching $432,500. Today, the House of Montréal.AI Fine Arts introduces: Montréal.AI's Fine Arts Auction, the first international auction dedicated to quintessential fine AI arts. "The Artists Creating with AI Won't Follow Trends; THEY WILL SET THEM." -- Montréal.AI Fine Arts We are getting ready for the first auction. Top art collectors will be able to place bids internationally. On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EST, the General Secretariat of MONTREAL.AI will present, with authority: "Artificial Intelligence 101: The First World-Class Overview of AI for the General Public".

In this special guest feature, Wilson Pang, CTO of Appen, offers a few quality controls that organizations can implement to allow for the most accurate and consistent data annotation process possible. Wilson joined Appen in November 2018 and is responsible for the company's products and technology. Wilson has over seventeen years' experience in software engineering and data science. Prior to joining Appen, Wilson was Chief Data Officer of CTrip in China, the second largest online travel agency company in the world where he led data engineers, analysts, data product managers and scientists to improve user experience and increase operational efficiency that grew the business. Before that, he was senior director of engineering in eBay in California and provided leadership to various domains including data service and solutions, search science, marketing technology and billing systems. Wilson obtained his Masters and Bachelor's degrees of Electric Engineering from Zhejiang University in China.

In this special guest feature, Wilson Pang, CTO of Appen, offers a few quality controls that organizations can implement to allow for the most accurate and consistent data annotation process possible. Wilson joined Appen in November 2018 and is responsible for the company's products and technology. Wilson has over seventeen years' experience in software engineering and data science. Prior to joining Appen, Wilson was Chief Data Officer of CTrip in China, the second largest online travel agency company in the world where he led data engineers, analysts, data product managers and scientists to improve user experience and increase operational efficiency that grew the business. Before that, he was senior director of engineering in eBay in California and provided leadership to various domains including data service and solutions, search science, marketing technology and billing systems. Wilson obtained his Masters and Bachelor's degrees of Electric Engineering from Zhejiang University in China.

Every part of our daily lives can play a role in causing it, from electricity, to transportation, the homes we live in, the food we eat, even the healthcare services we rely on. And all of those aspects of our lives are also affected by climate change. Much of what we know about the impacts of climate change comes from sophisticated computer models. Now, a group of computer scientists is calling on their colleagues to put advanced computing and artificial intelligence to work to solve the climate problem. "I can help pinpoint where deforestation is happening using satellite imagery or aerial imagery," said David Rolnick, lead author of a new study outlining how artificial intelligence could help with climate change.