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Time of India
4 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Blue Origin Spaceflight launch live: When and where to watch
Private aerospace firm Blue Origin is preparing for another ambitious leap into suborbital space with its next human mission scheduled for Sunday, June 29. Dubbed NS-33, this will be the 13th crewed flight by the Jeff Bezos-founded company, continuing its journey in space tourism and commercial space operations, as per a report by USA Today. Launch Rescheduled Due to Weather Conditions Originally slated for June 21, the Blue Origin rocket launch was delayed multiple times owing to 'persistent high winds' in West Texas. The new targeted liftoff time for NS-33 is 8:30 AM ET on June 29, with backup windows available for Monday, June 30, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, as mentioned in a report by USA Today. The launch will take place at Blue Origin's Launch Site One, a private facility located over 140 miles east of El Paso, near the U.S.-Mexico border. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Ductless Air Conditioners Are Selling Like Crazy [See Why] Keep Cool Click Here Undo Watch the Launch Live Online Enthusiasts and space watchers can witness the event live through Blue Origin's official website. The webcast is expected to begin approximately 30 minutes before the scheduled launch, offering real-time coverage of the countdown, liftoff, and capsule recovery. About Blue Origin and the New Shepard System Founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin has become a significant player in the private spaceflight sector, competing with Elon Musk's SpaceX. The New Shepard rocket, named after pioneering American astronaut Alan Shepard, is a reusable 60-foot-tall spacecraft designed for brief suborbital missions. Live Events Bezos himself was part of the first crewed New Shepard flight in July 2021, a milestone that launched the company's space tourism arm. Since then, over 60 individuals have flown aboard New Shepard across various missions. The rocket operates autonomously, with no pilots onboard. The total flight duration is about 11 minutes, including a few minutes of weightlessness for the crew, just above the internationally recognized boundary of space, known as the Kármán Line (approximately 62 miles or 100 km above Earth). NS-33 Crew Roster: Diverse Backgrounds on Board The six-person team selected for NS-33 includes a mix of entrepreneurs, environmentalists, and professionals: Allie Kuehner – Environmental advocate and board member of "Nature is Nonpartisan". Carl Kuehner – Real estate executive and chairman of Building and Land Technology. Leland Larson – Former transportation CEO and philanthropist from Oregon. Freddie Rescigno Jr. – CEO of electrical firm Commodity Cables. Owolabi Salis – Legal and financial consultant. Jim Sitkin – Retired lawyer from California. The Flight Experience: From Supersonic to Soft Landing The mission begins with a vertical liftoff, where the New Shepard rocket reaches over 2,000 mph. After the booster detaches, the capsule coasts into space, allowing passengers to experience microgravity. The booster autonomously returns and lands upright using fins and reverse thrusters. Meanwhile, the crew capsule floats back under three large parachutes, landing gently in the desert of West Texas. Blue Origin's Expanding Horizons Beyond space tourism, Blue Origin is also advancing its orbital program with the massive New Glenn rocket, which completed its inaugural test from Cape Canaveral earlier this year. As the private space race accelerates, Blue Origin's dual-track focus on suborbital flights and orbital ambitions continues to position it as a major industry contender. FAQs What is Blue Origin's NS-33 mission? NS-33 is Blue Origin's 13th human spaceflight mission, part of its New Shepard program focused on suborbital tourism and commercial space operations. When is the NS-33 rocket launch scheduled? The launch is set for Sunday, June 29, at 8:30 AM ET, with a backup window available for Monday, June 30, depending on weather conditions.
Indian Express
16-06-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
The rise of AI agents: What they can do, who is building them, and why it matters
At the beginning of the year, AI agents were widely tipped to be the defining breakthrough of 2025. Six months in, that prediction appears to be gradually taking shape as OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Google, and several other tech companies have launched products and features based on AI agents that are designed to autonomously complete tasks on the web under minimal supervision by humans. Besides building AI agents that go beyond text and image generators, several companies are also adopting agentic artificial intelligence (AI) to automate their workflows. A recent survey by Big Four accounting firm EY found that out of 500 tech industry executives in the US, nearly 48 per cent of them are already deploying AI agents within their companies. Half of the respondents said that more than 50 per cent of AI deployment will be autonomous in their company in the next two years, as per the report. As agentic AI continues to take momentum, here is what you need to know to help make sense of what is ahead. An AI chatbot like OpenAI's ChatGPT is used to generate text. It can communicate with users based on prompts submitted by users. These chatbots are powered by large language models (LLMs) that are trained on vast amounts of data to generate text and images. On the other hand, an AI agent is more flexible than a chatbot as it can interpret complex commands and trigger various actions on its own. The foundational LLMs will help decide what actions the AI agent should take. These actions depend on the type of AI agent as well. While a web browsing agent can handle tasks such as searching the internet, booking travel tickets, and making online purchases, a coding agent is designed to navigate codebases, retrieve snippets of code, and even generate or debug code. These agents are developed in a way that they do not need human input at every step. While a human can input a command or prompt and step back, they will likely need to stay in the loop and monitor the AI agent's actions in order to be able to intervene if needed. Tech companies developing AI agents claim that they will enable humans to be hyper-productive. Companies ranging from big tech giants such as Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google to well-funded startups like OpenAI and Anthropic are focused on building AI agents. Earlier this month, Amazon announced that it is creating a new unit within its hardware research-and-development unit that will focus on developing an agentic AI framework to be integrated into the e-commerce major's robots or physical AI systems. The Jeff Bezos-founded company is expected to have more of an edge in developing AI agents because it has access to specialised data that can be used to train these agents in how humans navigate and shop on Amazon's website. Startups like Cursor are also developing AI coding agents. In fact, over 70 startups incubated by startup accelerator Y Combinator as part of its spring 2025 batch are reportedly focused on agentic AI. The rise of agentic AI has made its way to India as well. Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal's AI venture, Krutim, recently launched a new agentic AI app called Kruti which is capable of autonomously booking cabs and ordering food on the Ola platform. It further has plans to enable ride-hailing and food delivery bookings on rival platforms such as Uber, Zomato, Swiggy, etc. One of the biggest use cases for AI agents is said to be customer service. According to a report by market research firm Gartner, over 80 per cent of common customer service queries will be resolved by AI agents in the next four years. Currently, AI agents being deployed by tech companies are capable of surfing the web, calling a restaurant to make reservations, or fulfilling routine tasks in a Microsoft Office environment. AI agents also have immense potential in the field of software development which has, in turn, sparked fears that they could lead to the elimination of coding-related jobs. They could also handle a lot of repetitive back-office work such as filing invoices. As AI moves toward a major platform shift into hardware, it would be interesting to see the role that AI agents play when integrated with physical devices. The idea that AI agents could potentially end up automating a lot of mundane chores may also bring us one step closer to achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). Despite their advanced abilities, AI agents are just as prone to hallucinations and misaligned unpredictable behaviour as chatbots since they are essentially powered by the same LLM technology. The high cost of computing power needed for AI agents to operate autonomously is another drawback. For instance, OpenAI could charge up to $20,000 per month for access to its specialised AI agents that will supposedly be able to perform tasks with the same level of expertise as a PhD graduate, according to a report by The Information. Given their autonomy to take actions within a user's system, AI agents also pose a new security risk. If compromised, AI agents could be used by attackers to steal information and carry out other malicious activities.
The Advertiser
15-06-2025
- Business
- The Advertiser
Amazon to inject $20b into Australian 'AI revolution'
An "artificial intelligence revolution" could hit Australia after a $20 billion investment from technology giant Amazon to build powerful data centres onshore. In a joint announcement with the firm from Seattle, where the Jeff Bezos-founded company is based, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the significant commitment over the next five years was a "huge vote of confidence in the Australian economy". "We're taking advantage of the AI revolution - the Australian way," he posted on X on Sunday before heading to the G7 meeting in Canada. "We want to make sure as well that Australians are better prepared to capitalise on the opportunities of AI, while making sure that we secure ourselves against its risks," the prime minister told reporters. The economic benefits and potential problems caused by AI will be key topics of discussion at an upcoming productivity summit, which Mr Albanese announced before leaving for the G7 summit. Amazon Web Services chief executive Matt Garman spruiked the spend as a historic first by a tech giant. "This is the largest investment ever announced by a global technology provider in Australia and it's going to support many of the country's AI ambitions over the next decade," he said. He listed some of its most prominent domestic customers that are drawing on AI technology, including the Commonwealth Bank and Atlassian. "AI is changing everything that we see, from sports to industry to the economy," Mr Garman said. "We estimate that technology over the next decade will drive over $600 billion increases in Australia's GDP out by the year 2030," he said. Data centres are massive, power-hungry facilities that store servers, cables and hardware to process the data emanating from cloud computing and complex AI operations needed by millions of customers. Mr Garman said the corporate giant was also pouring money in three new solar farms in Victoria and Queensland with a combined capacity of more than 170 megawatts. With eight other projects in both states and in NSW, the firm is predicted to deliver enough energy to power the equivalent of 290,000 homes each year once the developments are completed. The company, which has had an Australian presence since 2012, says it has invested more than $9 billion in the nation so far. An "artificial intelligence revolution" could hit Australia after a $20 billion investment from technology giant Amazon to build powerful data centres onshore. In a joint announcement with the firm from Seattle, where the Jeff Bezos-founded company is based, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the significant commitment over the next five years was a "huge vote of confidence in the Australian economy". "We're taking advantage of the AI revolution - the Australian way," he posted on X on Sunday before heading to the G7 meeting in Canada. "We want to make sure as well that Australians are better prepared to capitalise on the opportunities of AI, while making sure that we secure ourselves against its risks," the prime minister told reporters. The economic benefits and potential problems caused by AI will be key topics of discussion at an upcoming productivity summit, which Mr Albanese announced before leaving for the G7 summit. Amazon Web Services chief executive Matt Garman spruiked the spend as a historic first by a tech giant. "This is the largest investment ever announced by a global technology provider in Australia and it's going to support many of the country's AI ambitions over the next decade," he said. He listed some of its most prominent domestic customers that are drawing on AI technology, including the Commonwealth Bank and Atlassian. "AI is changing everything that we see, from sports to industry to the economy," Mr Garman said. "We estimate that technology over the next decade will drive over $600 billion increases in Australia's GDP out by the year 2030," he said. Data centres are massive, power-hungry facilities that store servers, cables and hardware to process the data emanating from cloud computing and complex AI operations needed by millions of customers. Mr Garman said the corporate giant was also pouring money in three new solar farms in Victoria and Queensland with a combined capacity of more than 170 megawatts. With eight other projects in both states and in NSW, the firm is predicted to deliver enough energy to power the equivalent of 290,000 homes each year once the developments are completed. The company, which has had an Australian presence since 2012, says it has invested more than $9 billion in the nation so far. An "artificial intelligence revolution" could hit Australia after a $20 billion investment from technology giant Amazon to build powerful data centres onshore. In a joint announcement with the firm from Seattle, where the Jeff Bezos-founded company is based, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the significant commitment over the next five years was a "huge vote of confidence in the Australian economy". "We're taking advantage of the AI revolution - the Australian way," he posted on X on Sunday before heading to the G7 meeting in Canada. "We want to make sure as well that Australians are better prepared to capitalise on the opportunities of AI, while making sure that we secure ourselves against its risks," the prime minister told reporters. The economic benefits and potential problems caused by AI will be key topics of discussion at an upcoming productivity summit, which Mr Albanese announced before leaving for the G7 summit. Amazon Web Services chief executive Matt Garman spruiked the spend as a historic first by a tech giant. "This is the largest investment ever announced by a global technology provider in Australia and it's going to support many of the country's AI ambitions over the next decade," he said. He listed some of its most prominent domestic customers that are drawing on AI technology, including the Commonwealth Bank and Atlassian. "AI is changing everything that we see, from sports to industry to the economy," Mr Garman said. "We estimate that technology over the next decade will drive over $600 billion increases in Australia's GDP out by the year 2030," he said. Data centres are massive, power-hungry facilities that store servers, cables and hardware to process the data emanating from cloud computing and complex AI operations needed by millions of customers. Mr Garman said the corporate giant was also pouring money in three new solar farms in Victoria and Queensland with a combined capacity of more than 170 megawatts. With eight other projects in both states and in NSW, the firm is predicted to deliver enough energy to power the equivalent of 290,000 homes each year once the developments are completed. The company, which has had an Australian presence since 2012, says it has invested more than $9 billion in the nation so far. An "artificial intelligence revolution" could hit Australia after a $20 billion investment from technology giant Amazon to build powerful data centres onshore. In a joint announcement with the firm from Seattle, where the Jeff Bezos-founded company is based, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the significant commitment over the next five years was a "huge vote of confidence in the Australian economy". "We're taking advantage of the AI revolution - the Australian way," he posted on X on Sunday before heading to the G7 meeting in Canada. "We want to make sure as well that Australians are better prepared to capitalise on the opportunities of AI, while making sure that we secure ourselves against its risks," the prime minister told reporters. The economic benefits and potential problems caused by AI will be key topics of discussion at an upcoming productivity summit, which Mr Albanese announced before leaving for the G7 summit. Amazon Web Services chief executive Matt Garman spruiked the spend as a historic first by a tech giant. "This is the largest investment ever announced by a global technology provider in Australia and it's going to support many of the country's AI ambitions over the next decade," he said. He listed some of its most prominent domestic customers that are drawing on AI technology, including the Commonwealth Bank and Atlassian. "AI is changing everything that we see, from sports to industry to the economy," Mr Garman said. "We estimate that technology over the next decade will drive over $600 billion increases in Australia's GDP out by the year 2030," he said. Data centres are massive, power-hungry facilities that store servers, cables and hardware to process the data emanating from cloud computing and complex AI operations needed by millions of customers. Mr Garman said the corporate giant was also pouring money in three new solar farms in Victoria and Queensland with a combined capacity of more than 170 megawatts. With eight other projects in both states and in NSW, the firm is predicted to deliver enough energy to power the equivalent of 290,000 homes each year once the developments are completed. The company, which has had an Australian presence since 2012, says it has invested more than $9 billion in the nation so far.
Perth Now
15-06-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
Amazon to inject $20b into Australian 'AI revolution'
An "artificial intelligence revolution" could hit Australia after a $20 billion investment from technology giant Amazon to build powerful data centres onshore. In a joint announcement with the firm from Seattle, where the Jeff Bezos-founded company is based, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the significant commitment over the next five years was a "huge vote of confidence in the Australian economy". "We're taking advantage of the AI revolution - the Australian way," he posted on X on Sunday before heading to the G7 meeting in Canada. "We want to make sure as well that Australians are better prepared to capitalise on the opportunities of AI, while making sure that we secure ourselves against its risks," the prime minister told reporters. The economic benefits and potential problems caused by AI will be key topics of discussion at an upcoming productivity summit, which Mr Albanese announced before leaving for the G7 summit. Amazon Web Services chief executive Matt Garman spruiked the spend as a historic first by a tech giant. "This is the largest investment ever announced by a global technology provider in Australia and it's going to support many of the country's AI ambitions over the next decade," he said. He listed some of its most prominent domestic customers that are drawing on AI technology, including the Commonwealth Bank and Atlassian. "AI is changing everything that we see, from sports to industry to the economy," Mr Garman said. "We estimate that technology over the next decade will drive over $600 billion increases in Australia's GDP out by the year 2030," he said. Data centres are massive, power-hungry facilities that store servers, cables and hardware to process the data emanating from cloud computing and complex AI operations needed by millions of customers. Mr Garman said the corporate giant was also pouring money in three new solar farms in Victoria and Queensland with a combined capacity of more than 170 megawatts. With eight other projects in both states and in NSW, the firm is predicted to deliver enough energy to power the equivalent of 290,000 homes each year once the developments are completed. The company, which has had an Australian presence since 2012, says it has invested more than $9 billion in the nation so far.
