A number of aviation industry groups are petitioning the US Federal Communications Commission to permanently restrict some 5G signals around airports.

Currently, Verizon and AT&T aren’t broadcasting C-band 5G in areas around US airports until July 2023 as part of an agreement with the FCC. The temporary agreement is meant to give airlines time to make sure 5G signals won’t interfere with aircraft equipment — specifically a part called a radar altimeter — during landings in rough weather. But aviation advocacy groups, including the Aerospace Industries Association and Airlines for America, met with the FCC to discuss making some restrictions permanent, as Light Reading reported earlier.

The restrictions, outlined in a formal petition, would shift some responsibility back to telecoms by, for instance, preventing 5G antennas from pointing 90 degrees above the horizon. They’d also make permanent the current ban on some C-band signal emissions (specifically in the 4,200MHz to 4,400MHz frequency range).

The proposed solutions “would appear to not compromise wireless operators’ actual use cases while further assuring aviation safety and providing a workable RF environment against which future radio altimeters can be designed and built,” the petition reads.

When reached for comment, Verizon didn’t address the 5G proposals in the petition.

“We continue to have positive discussions with the [Federal Aviation Administration] and FCC, and progress is being made. We’re encouraged to see the airlines making progress with these issues as well,” read a Verizon statement sent to CNET.

AT&T didn’t immediately respond to a request

Stability AI, the company behind popular text-to-image AI program Stable Diffusion, has raised new funding that values ​​the company at around $1 billion (according to a report from Bloomberg citing a “person familiar with the matter”). It’s a significant validation of the company’s approach to AI development, which, in contrast to incumbents like OpenAI and Google, focuses on open-source models that anyone can use without oversight.

in a press statementStability AI said it raised $101 million in a round led by Coatue, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and O’Shaughnessy Ventures, and that it will use the money to “accelerate the development of open AI models for image, language, audio, video, 3D, and more, for consumer and enterprise use cases globally.”

Stable Diffusion is one of the leading examples of text-to-image AI, which includes models like OpenAI’s DALL-E, Google’s Imagen, and Midjourney. However, Stability AI has differentiated its wares by making its software open-source. That means anyone can build on the company’s code or even use it to power their own commercial offerings.

Stability AI offers its own commercial version of the model, called DreamStudio, and says it plans to generate revenue by developing this underlying infrastructure and customizing versions of the software for corporate clients. The company is based in London and has around 100 employees around the globe. It says it plans to expand this to around 300 staff over the following year. The company also makes

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“We have always maintained that if she was to pass away before the mod was complete we would change it,” Carter said. “Don’t expect them in there. There’s no point asking in the comments. There’s no point moaning. It’s the official stance of the mod and it will not change.”

Concept art of the two characters show an undead-looking Queen Elizabeth II flanked by two murderous corgies, while a similarly ghoulish King Charles III is decked out in a morning suit paired with either a crown or top hat.

Yes, technically both royals were always going to have died before the mod’s setting in the year 2237. But including a recently-deceased woman as a “ghoul” could be seen as pretty poor taste, and you can understand why a small team of developers might want to avoid getting embroidered in any unnecessary controversy.

Although these specific characters won’t be making an appearance, it sounds like the team has plans to replace them. Carter didn’t offer any specifics during the update video, noting only that we’ll have to “wait and see” what the team comes up with.

Fallout: London is currently due for release sometime in 2023, and it’s already become one of the most highly-anticipated mods for the game. Bethesda recently featured the mod on its blog under its “Monthly Modder” seriesand my box reports that the publisher has hired multiple members of the team based on their work on the mod. It’s hired Fallout: London‘s lead technical adviser