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The tribute to NOAA radar specialist and researcher Peter Dodge took place less than 24 hours before Milton made landfall in Siesta Key near Sarasota, Florida. As an award-winning scientist, Peter Dodge had made hundreds of flights into the eyes of hurricanes—almost 400. On Tuesday, a crew on a reconnaissance flight into Hurricane Milton helped him make one more, dropping his ashes into the storm as a lasting tribute to the longtime National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration radar specialist and researcher.“It’s very touching,” Dodge’s sister, Shelley Dodge, said in an interview Thursday with the Associated Press.

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Apple’s most important new product of the year (sorry, it’s not a $3,500 headset) will arrive this month. Apple Intelligence, a suite of software tools bringing what Apple describes as artificial intelligence to its devices, will be released through free software updates for owners of some iPhones, Macs and iPads. The initial version of Apple Intelligence, which Apple is publishing as an unfinished “beta,” will include a slightly improved version of Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri, and tools that automatically summarize text, transcribe audio recordings and remove distractions like photo bombers from pictures. For Apple, this debut is the beginning of a new era.

University of Colorado Boulder Professor Michael Klymkowsky created two AI bots to help students learn: Dewey and Rita. In his classroom at CU Boulder, Dewey and Rita can act like tutors, analyze answers and even provide feedback on how Klymkowsky can improve how he teaches material. “It seems likely that (AI) policing schemes are ultimately going to be futile,”  Klymkowsky said.