AI Milestones, Space Missions, and the Hunt for Dark Matter - Big Stories in Science and Technology This Year
• Release of GPT-5, the next generation AI model from OpenAI, and Gemini, Google's GPT-4 competitor
• Launch of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, which will conduct a 10-year survey of the Southern Hemisphere sky
• Artemis II NASA mission to send astronauts on a flyby around the moon, paving the way for a crewed lunar landing
• Results from dark matter experiments hunting for elusive axion particles using sensitive X-ray detectors
• Negotiations wrapping up on a UN treaty aimed at eliminating plastic pollution, though concerns persist on its effectiveness