Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
April 2023
From insideHPC
10th ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge Finals to Begin on May 6 in China and Virtually
April 24, 2023 – BEIJING – The 10th ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge Finals will be held at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei from May 6 to 10, 2023. The event organizers said that out of over 300
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From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Department of Commerce Releases a Request for Comment on AI Accountability Policy
The Department of Commerce has released a request for comment on AI Accountability Policy. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is requesting comments on AI system accountability measures and policies…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visual ChatGPT
From insideHPC
Penguin Solutions Announces Version Release of Scyld ClusterWare Software Platform
Fremont, CA – April 24, 2023 – Penguin Solutions, a provider of HPC, AI and IoT technologies for edge, core and cloud, today announced a major new release of its Scyld ClusterWare software platform, which provides a comprehensive…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Change of the Buyer-Supplier Dynamic
Inflation changing things. Implications?
How Economic Uncertainty Is Changing the Buyer-Supplier Dynamic
April 24, 2023Robert J. Bowman, in SupplyChainBrain
The buyer-supplier relationship is in constant flux. Both sides areIn…From The Eponymous Pickle
Computing on the Brain Small Spheres of Neurons show Promise for Drug Testing and Computation
Sounds a remarkable step.
Organoid Intelligence: Computing on the Brain Small spheres of neurons show promise for drug testing and computation By Michael Nolan
In parallel to recent developments in machine learning like GPT-4…From Schneier on Security
UK Threatens End-to-End Encryption
In an open letter, seven secure messaging apps—including Signal and WhatsApp—point out that the UK’s Online Safety Bill could destroy end-to-end encryption:
As currently drafted, the Bill could break end-to-end encryption,opening…From Computational Complexity
Thoughts on Gordon Moore
Gordon Moore passed away on March 24, 2023. He was 94 years old.
He is best known for the article
Cramming more components onto integrated circuits.
It appeared in the magazine Electronics (it is now defunct), Volume 38, No.…From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Bard Now Supports Code Generation
Will be trying this with python and potentially other code types.
Google is updating its Bard AI chatbot to help developers write and debug code. Rivals like ChatGPT and Bing AI have supported code generation, but Google saysIn…From The Eponymous Pickle
AlphaFold Spreads through Protein Science
More on a topic we worked on, A yet better approach emerges for use.
AlphaFold Spreads through Protein Science
By Chris Edwards
Communications of the ACM, May 2023, Vol. 66 No. 5, Pages 10-12 10.1145/3586582
AlphaFold-predicted…From The Eponymous Pickle
Not Training GPT5. In a Pause?
Is this part of the pause suggested?
OpenAI is not currently training GPT-5
By Ryan Daws | April 17, 2023 | TechForge Media
Categories: Applications, Artificial Intelligence, Chatbots, Companies, Development, Ethics & Society,
Ryan…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Rising Star Award Recipient: Dr Manya Ghobadi
ACM-W would like to announce Dr. Manya Ghobadi as this year’s recipient of the ACM-W Rising Star Award! The ACM-W Rising Star Award recognizes a woman whose early-career research has had a significant impact on the computing…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Releases Copilot for Viva, as it Rolls Out Generative AI to Apps
Next steps with Microsoft, now integrated with AI from OpenAI. Will Microsoft be controlling an AI powered world?
Microsoft releases Copilot for Viva, as it Rolls Out Generative AI to apps By Sharon Goldman @sharongoldman…From The Eponymous Pickle
Advanced AI Faces New Regulatory Push in Europe
More regulatory pressure arises.
Advanced AI Faces New Regulatory Push in Europe
By The Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2023
The European Parliament in session.
Members of the European Parliament have been charged with hammering out…From The Noisy Channel
The Ultimate Question
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the supercomputer Deep Thought takes 7.5 million years of calculation to determine that the answer to the “ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything” is 42.
I doubt that Douglas…From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (April 22 2023)
There are many theories regarding what biological aging. Animals can differ by up to six orders of magnitude (100000x) in longevity. Some animal species like the lobster or the naked model rate do not exhibit measurable biological…
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Google AI Model Developed an Unexpected Skill
ACM NEWS
A Google AI Model Developed an Unexpected Skill
Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said there are elements of how artificial intelligence systems learn and behave that still surprise experts.
Concerns about…From The Eponymous Pickle
Northrup Grumman on the Webb Telescope
Happened on a writeup on what Northrup Grumman did with the Webb Space Telescope. Good overview. Recalled some of our work with them in supply chain oriented topics. Getting re-acquainted to their skills.
What it Was Like…From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Some Rice News
Lydia Kavraki is the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science at Rice University. She is also professor of Bioengineering, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and professor of Mechanical Engineering at Rice. She…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Tools Will Inspire Hacks
Inevitable, especially as they are easier to test and use.
AI Tools like ChatGPT likely to empower hacks, NSA cyber boss warns
By Colin Demarest, Wednesday, Apr 12 in c4isrnet.com
WASHINGTON — Generative artificial intelligence…From The Eponymous Pickle
FREE Code Camp:A Guide to Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT
Very nicely done Free Code Camp for beginners and beyond
How to Communicate with ChatGPT – A Guide to Prompt Engineering
By Hillary Nyakundi
AI has become an integral part of our lives and businesses. Over the past few years, we…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Message from ACM-W Chair
ACM-W Events Await You Welcome to the April edition of the ACM-W Newsletter. The sun is out, events are on, so now is the time to get out there and make the most of your ACM-W membership. This month has seen a number of ACM-W…
From Putting People First
[Book] Attention Span
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While the concept of “flow” has previously been considered the ideal state of focus, Dr. Mark offers a new framework to help explain how our brains function in the digital world: kinetic attention. This book reveals how we can…
From Apophenia
Deskilling on the Job
When it comes to AI’s potential future impact on jobs, Camp Automation tends to jump to the conclusion that most jobs will be automated away into oblivion. The progressive arm of Camp Automation then argues for the need for versions…
From The Noisy Channel
Giving Bard a Coding Interview
Thanks to this post by Behdad Esfahbod, I’ve been reminiscing about an interview problem I used to use at Google and LinkedIn. Google just announced that Bard can write code, so I decided to give it a spin. As you can see below…
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: More on Squid Fishing
The squid you eat most likely comes from unregulated waters.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
Read my blog posting guidelines here.
From insideHPC
Moderna and IBM Explore Quantum and Generative AI for mRNA Science
CAMBRIDGE, MA and ARMONK, NY / April 20, 2023 / Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company focused on messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have announced an agreement under which Moderna…
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Pickleball
My latest book, A Hacker’s Mind, has a lot of sports stories. Sports are filled with hacks, as players look for every possible advantage that doesn’t explicitly break the rules. Here’s an example from pickleball, which nicely…
From insideHPC
Argonne Opens Quantum Foundry
The U.S Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has built the Argonne Quantum Foundry with the intent to accelerate advances in quantum information science. On April 19, Argonne marked its official opening at…
From insideHPC
Gartner Recognizes Gupshup.io as Major CPaaS Vendor
San Francisco/Mumbai, 18 April 2023: Conversational engagement company Gupshup has announced it has been recognized as a Major CPaaS Vendor in the 2023 Gartner Competitive Landscape: Communications Platform as a Service. According…