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August 3, 2023

Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (August 03, 2023)

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        <h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
        <p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for August 03, 2023 :</p>

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IBM and NASA Open Source Largest Geospatial AI Foundation Model on Hugging Face

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2023-08-03-IBM-and-NASA-Open-Source-Largest-Geospatial-AI-Foundation-Model-on-Hugging-Face

Summary: IBM and NASA have open-sourced their largest geospatial AI foundation model on Hugging Face, aiming to widen access to NASA's earth science data and accelerate climate-related discoveries. Built from NASA's satellite data, the model will be the first-ever open-source AI foundation model created in collaboration with the space agency. The initiative is part of NASA's Open-Source Science Initiative and IBM's efforts to create reusable AI systems. The model has shown a 15% improvement over existing techniques and can be fine-tuned for tasks like tracking deforestation and monitoring greenhouse gases.

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Canonical LXD forked by former project leader stgraber

https://github.com/stgraber/incus

Summary: Incus is a powerful system container and virtual machine manager, providing a unified experience for running and managing Linux systems in containers or VMs. It supports various Linux distributions and is built around a simple REST API. Incus is a community fork of Canonical's LXD, aiming to offer a more inclusive project. Currently, no packages or releases exist, and users are advised to stick with Canonical's LXD for production use until stable Incus releases are available.

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