California Investigates Elon Musk’s AI Company After ‘Avalanche’ of Complaints About Sexual Content
Attorney General Rob Bonta said his office is looking into whether a new AI image editing tool from Elon Musk’s company violates California law.
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Vandenberg Announces Plan for New ‘Super-Heavy’ Launch Site
The Santa Barbara County base could become the next home of SpaceX’s Starship, the world’s largest rocket.
In New Doc ‘The Age of Disclosure,’ Military Servicemen Expose More Details About UFOs at Vandenberg
Depending on who you ask — and what you’re willing to believe — aliens are real. And they’ve visited Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc more than once.
UC Santa Barbara Program Broadens STEM Opportunity for Underserved Youth
Future Makers Program brings elementary and middle school students from underserved districts to campus for a day of creativity and empowerment.
Is Social Media Causing a Modern Moral Panic?
UCSB research explores brain science and the relationship to social media addiction.
NIH Backs UC Santa Barbara Virtual Reality Project to Help Older Adults Build Real Social Connections
The project was first piloted with residents at Maravilla senior living community who used the VR remotely with a geographically separated family member.
Goleta-Based Startup Is Turning Plant Waste into Biofuel, with a Side of Vanilla
Spero Renewables has been tapped by Shell’s GameChanger program to scale lignin-based alternative fuels as it works on a sweet little side project.
UC Santa Barbara Joins NSF’s National Quantum Virtual Laboratory
UCSB professor Daniel Blumenthal’s lab is part of one of four design teams from around the country selected by the National Science Foundation.
Vandenberg Space Force Base Launches Starlinks and Dummy Nuke
Rocket launches from Santa Barbara County deliver another 28 Starlink satellites into orbit and test the “reliability and readiness” of an unarmed nuclear missile.
UC Santa Barbara Computer Scientist Breaking New Ground in Algorithmic Theory
Daniel Lokshtanov’s work explores the limits of what computers can solve, paving the way for advances in artificial intelligence and computational efficiency.
