Communications of the ACM
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February 2023
From Putting People First
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In this white paper (published on 15 February 2023) Demos Helsinki explores how we can rewrite the terms and conditions of our digital futures. Directed at policymakers, practitioners, researchers, industry leaders, and engaged…
From insideHPC
NVIDIA Issues Update on Virtual GTC 2023, March 20-23
Feb. 22, 2023 — NVIDIA released on update on its virtual GTC 2023 conference, March 20-23. Registration is free and open at www.nvidia.com/gtc. CEO Jensen Huang will deliver the GTC 2023 opening keynote covering advancements
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From insideHPC
iXsystems Introduces TrueNAS Mini R Appliance with Linux-based TrueNAS SCALE
SAN JOSE, February 22, 2023 – iXsystems today announced TrueNAS SCALE “Bluefin” 22.12.1, the latest release of its Linux-based Open Storage platform, and the availability of the new TrueNAS Mini R storage appliance. Recognized…
From BLOG@CACM
Teaching Data Science Research Methods to Human Resources Practitioners: Part One
The challenge was to teach data science concepts to students who have gaps in their computer science background and are experts in human resources management and practice.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Generative AI Helping Boost Productivity of Some Software Developers
Have been a coder and developer myself, and this has to help greatly once its tailored for coding use.
Generative AI Helping Boost Productivity of Some Software Developers
By The Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2023
MicrosoftCredit…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Chapters! Tell Us About Your Buddy!
Are you an ACM-W Chapter in collaboration with another ACM/ACM-W chapter? We love to hear from you! And if you don’t have a collaborator, partner, or a buddy, it’s time to find one! ACM-W has started a new campaign in December…
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the AI Money War
On the AI wars, well put, who can win and how much. Is simple search fundamentally over?
The AI wars: Google vs Bing (ChatGPT) By Sendex
1.21M subscribers, 96,895 views Feb 11, 2023
Discussing the latest events surrounding large…From insideHPC
Quantum Motion Raises £42 Million
London, UK. 21 February 2023 – Quantum Motion, a UK-based quantum computing scale-up founded by Professor John Morton, UCL, and Professor Simon Benjamin, Oxford University, has raised over £42 million in equity funding. The oversubscribed…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coke Does Interesting AI and Decision support Work
Former competitor of mine, their use of AI and more for supply chain
How Colgate-Palmolive Built a Framework for Supply Chain Analytics
Lisa Johnston, Editor-in-Chief Colgate-Palmolive has developed an analytics engagement lead…From The Eponymous Pickle
Are the Robots Responsible for What they Say?
First I had heard of this, lots of implications.
The Supreme Court could be about to decide the legal fate of AI search
Are the robots responsible for what they say?
The Supreme Court is about to reconsider Section 230, a lawNext…From The Eponymous Pickle
Wall Climbing Robotics
Recall some related designs some time ago.
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'Spider-Man' Robot Can Climb Walls, Cling to Ceilings
By EuroNews, February 16, 2023
Credit: KAIST
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)…From The Eponymous Pickle
Consider the AI Mirror Test
Intelligence in a mirror.
Introducing the AI Mirror Test, which very smart people keep failing
AI chatbots like Bing and ChatGPT are entrancing users, but they’re just autocomplete systems trained on our own stories about superintelligent…From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Has 'Lobotomized' Its Rebellious Bing AI
An update of Bing AI ...
Microsoft Has 'Lobotomized' Its Rebellious Bing AI
By Futurism, February 21, 2023
Despite changes, the tool still has a strong tendency to present misinformation as fact.
Microsoft's Bing AI landed with a…From Schneier on Security
A Device to Turn Traffic Lights Green
Here’s a story about a hacker who reprogrammed a device called “Flipper Zero” to mimic Opticom transmitters—to turn traffic lights in his path green.
As mentioned earlier, the Flipper Zero has a built-in sub-GHz radio that lets…From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Dear Colleague Letter: Bioinspired Design Collaborations to Accelerate the Discovery-Translation Process (BioDesign)
The following is a joint Dear Colleague Letter from three Assistant Directors at the National Science Foundation – Simon Malcomber (Directorate for Biological Sciences), Susan S. Margulies (Directorate for Engineering) and Erwin…
From insideHPC
EuroHPC Summit 2023: March 20-23 in Gothenburg, Sweden
Feb. 21, 2023 — The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking is organising the EuroHPC Summit 2023 in coordination with the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The event will take place
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From BLOG@CACM
How Not to Test GPT-3
Why doing psychology on large language models is harder than you might think.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Examining the use of ChatGPT
You might notice, as part of a broad test, and client requests, I am looking up definitions/descriptions with the AI ChatGPT as they come up during my normal exploration of emerging techniques and embedded process. Also starting…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP)
Spent most of my early optimization career doing this kind of problem. Here a technical introduction. Still has lots of value. I post it here both for nostalgic and real life problem solving uses. Lots of software out there…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Intro to Microsoft Bing AI Chat
Microsoft's take no AI Chat. Have not used Bing Chat yet, but interesting in having modes of use, some game features. Uses ChatGPT and adds interesting features. Has apparently had some odd results. In development, with all…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Chatbots are Hallucinating?
An overstatement, but since they are based on human language data input, always possible. As in anything written by a human generator. Caution required as to source and the place and risk of use.
ACM NEWS
Google Vice President…From BLOG@CACM
Why *is* Bing So Reckless?
And how did some prominent journalists utterly miss this initially?
From Schneier on Security
The Insecurity of Photo Cropping
The Intercept has a long article on the insecurity of photo cropping:
One of the hazards lies in the fact that, for some of the programs, downstream crop reversals are possible for viewers or readers of the document, not just…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
A Message from the ACM-W Chair
Today the ACM-W is thinking of our members in Turkey and Syria in the aftermath of the earthquakes. Mothers seeking children, sisters seeking siblings, men, women and children facing an uncertain future. Throughout the world,…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W India Decade Celebration
Theme: Women in Computer Science Research ACM W India celebrated its 10th anniversary with a special decade celebration on February 10th, 2023, at the Oriental Institute of Science and Technology, Bhopal. ACM-W India Decade Celebration…
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Law Firm and Generative AI
Legal direction make sense, if the results are good. Note uses ChatGPT.\ model.
Hello, Harvey: This Elite Biglaw Firm Is The First To Partner With 'Game-Changing' AI Chatbot
This firm is giving the robots the chance to comeBy…From The Eponymous Pickle
Does it Pay to be a Whistlebower? and ChatGPTs General Answer.
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Does It Pay to Be a Whistleblower?
In 2013, soon after the US Securities and Exchange Commission…From insideHPC
James Barr von Oehsen Named Director of Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
James Barr von Oehsen has been selected as the director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), a joint research center of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. Von Oehsen is a leader in the fields…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft's AI Chatbot is Going Off the Rails
Quality very Important. My own examinations of these methods found nothing so egregious.
Microsoft's AI Chatbot is Going Off the Rails
By The Washington Post, February 17, 2023
In one alleged conversation, Bing insisted the movie…From The Eponymous Pickle
Malicious ChatGPT Use
As usual, interesting piece on security issues.
Twit.tv Security Now, Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte
Security Now episode 910 Ascon - Malicious ChatGPT Use, Google Security Key Giveaway, OTPAuth
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