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Fusion startup Helion Energy has shifted its target for delivering commercial electricity from its Orion facility, after earlier promising Microsoft a grid-connected fusion plant by 2028. The revised schedule marks a setback for the most aggressive timeline in the fusion industry, one backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman. Observers are debating whether the delay reflects realistic engineering challenges or deeper trouble in meeting fusion's long-awaited commercial promises.
- 2Readers vote on which AI challenges Hacker News set have been met●Vote on which of Hacker News' challenges for AI have been met
A new interactive site lets people vote on whether the well-known challenges for artificial intelligence posted by Hacker News users over the years have actually been achieved. The site, dubbed 'goalposts', presents a list of previously stated benchmarks and asks visitors to mark which ones AI has now met. It has drawn hundreds of engaged reactions, with readers debating how far AI has genuinely progressed against past sceptical predictions.