Communications of the ACM
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May 2023
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Begins Opening Access to Generative AI in Search
More from recent conference
Google begins opening access to generative AI in search
If you signed up for the Search Labs waitlist, keep an eye on your inbox.
Will Shanklin|May 25, 2023 1:55 PM in Engadget
Google’s take on AI-powered…From The Eponymous Pickle
Securing IOT Sensors
Consider hw many IOTs you have.
Standards to Secure the Sensors That Power IoT
By Logan Kugler
Communications of the ACM, June 2023, Vol. 66 No. 6, Pages 14-16 10.1145/3591215
The use of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors has exploded…From insideHPC
At ISC 2023: Panasas Pushes HPC and AI Storage to the Edge
High performance storage company Panasas had an active profile at ISC 2023, highlighting its new ActiveStor Ultra Edge platform, an HPC and AI/ML storage offering for edge computing environments. We spoke with Jeff Whitaker,
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From insideHPC
At ISC 2023: Catching Up with CoolIT Liquid Cooling
At ISC 2023 this week, we stopped by the CoolIT Systems booth to catch up with Dominik Dziarczykowski (Global Channel Sales Manager) on the company’s latest achievements. CoolIT Systems specializes in scalable liquid cooling
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From Schneier on Security
Expeditionary Cyberspace Operations
Cyberspace operations now officially has a physical dimension, meaning that the United States has official military doctrine about cyberattacks that also involve an actual human gaining physical access to a piece of computing…
From Putting People First
The future of urban AI
10 conversations by Urban AI, a Paris based think tank, with worldwide experts to explore the future of urban artificial intelligence
From Putting People First
[Book] Imagining AI
The book sheds new light on some of the most important themes in AI ethics, from the differences between Chinese and American visions of AI, to digital neo-colonialism. It is an essential work for anyone wishing to understand…
From insideHPC
ASCR: Exascale to Burst Bubbles that Block Carbon Capture
Bubbles could block a promising technology that would separate carbon dioxide from industrial emissions, capturing the greenhouse gas before it contributes to climate change. A team of researchers with backing from the Department…
From insideHPC
IBM Launches $100M Partnership with Tokyo and Chicago Universities to Develop 100,000-Qubit Quantum-Centric Supercomputer
HIROSHIMA — At the G7 Summit in Japan, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a 10-year, $100 million initiative with the University of Tokyo and the University of Chicago to develop a quantum-centric supercomputer powered by 100,000 qubits…
From insideHPC
CoolIT Systems Introduces Direct Liquid Cooling-Enabled Rear Door Heat Exchanger
Calgary – CoolIT Systems, a provider of liquid cooling solutions for data centers and HPC, announced an expansion of its product portfolio to include what the company said is the industry’s first direct liquid cooling (DLC)-enabled…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
A PC Success
We have moved on to smartphones, tablets and smartwatches, but for 30 years the desktop computer ruled, and originally not just any desktop computer, the IBM PC. A key person behind its success was African American computer scientist…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Mojo Lang, New programming language
New to me, a superset of Python
Mojo Lang: The New Programming Language
Introducing Mojo Lang, the new programming language designed as a superset of Python.
By Nisha Arya, KDnuggets on May 12, 2023 in Programming
Just when we thought…From The Eponymous Pickle
ChatGPT Plugin Connects to Blockchain
Not expected ...... Actually gave a talk that mentioned both last month.
Solana Labs integrates ChatGPT plugin to connect blockchain to AI BY KYT DOTSON
Solana Labs, the developer of the Solana blockchain, announced Tuesday…From The Eponymous Pickle
Google AI can now Answer your Questions about Uncaptioned Images
Google AI can now answer your questions about uncaptioned images
Google Maps will also display wheelchair-accessible places.
Jon Fingas|@jonfingas|May 18, 2023 11:38 AM in engadget
Google's latest accessibility features includeIt…From insideHPC
At ISC 2023: Hyperion Reports HPC Industry Grew 4% in 2022; AI to Drive Stronger Growth Next and Following Years
The HPC industry managed to achieve modest overall growth in 2022, but growth of any kind was in doubt right up to the end of the year, according to HPC-AI industry analyst firm Hyperion Research, which hosted its bi-annual HPC…
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
In space no one can hear you …
Johanna Lucht could do maths before she learned language. Why? Because she was born deaf and there was little support for deaf people where she lived. Despite, or perhaps because of, that she became a computer scientist and works…
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Coding With AIs Prompts Are Important
Last night, when I could not sleep, I got up and wrote some code. I added some features and data checking to my Wordle solver helper program. When I finished I felt good about my work and myself. I think that made it easier to…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Title: Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Steps to Advance Responsible Artificial Intelligence Research, Development, and Deployment
The Biden-Harris Administration is continuing their recent efforts to advance the research, development, and deployment of responsible AI. With the rise of AI and its increasing capabilities these initiatives are meant to protect…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Adobe to Integrate AI into Photoshop
Having used Adobe capabilities I think this could be a very big thing.
Adobe to Integrate AI into Photoshop amid Fears of Job Losses, Mass Faking of Images
By The Guardian (U.K.) May 24, 2023
Adobe is integrating its generative…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI, Neural Nets for Boundary Design.
Applications for agriculture work here as well as , archeology and even city design and redesign
NEURAL NETWORKS FOR FIELD BOUNDARIES DETECTION
April 29, 2023
Using Neural Networks for Field Boundaries Detection
Today, agriculture…From The Eponymous Pickle
Europe Takes Regulatory Aim at ChatGPT
TECH
Europe takes aim at ChatGPT with what might soon be the West’s first A.I. law. Here’s what it means
Ryan Browne
A key committee of lawmakers in the European Parliament have approved a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence…From Computational Complexity
Finding Primes Pseudodeterministically
In 2003, Agrawal, Kayal and Saxena showed that primality testing is in P, i.e., you could test for primes without using any randomness.
What if you want to find a prime? Specifically given a number m in binary, can you find aposted…From The Eponymous Pickle
Metaverse education blossoms in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Still wondering the ultimate value of the Meta. Have seen simple examples, but not the strongest.
Metaverse education blossoms in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Teaching taps VR even as emerging tech's mass adoption remains in doubt…From The Eponymous Pickle
Artificial Intelligence powers second-skin-like wearable tech
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Artificial Intelligence powers second-skin-like wearable tech
19 May 2023
A new ultra-thin skinpatch with nanotechnology able to monitor 11 human…From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Glasses Pushed Back
Still waiting for the possibilities in a number of domains.
Apple Glasses: Everything We Know
Thursday April 13, 2023 3:58 PM PDT by Juli Clover
For several years, rumors suggested that Apple would follow its mixed reality AR/VR…From The Eponymous Pickle
Most Advanced Bay Area Earthquake Simulations Will Be Publicly Available
We examined in past day using neural nets.
Most Advanced Bay Area Earthquake Simulations Will Be Publicly Available
Berkeley Lab News Center
Aliyah Kovner, February 8, 2023
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley…From The Eponymous Pickle
Alien Minds, Immaculate Bullshit, Outstanding Questions: College in the Age of ChatGPT
From the Penn Alumni Mag, Where I was much interested in AI. Considerable piece I am reading.
Considerble pieice, I do NOT agree in much of it, below an intro the whole thing follows
Alien Minds, Immaculate Bullshit, Outstanding…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Watermarking
Cautions and Marking.
AI models rely on immense datasets to train their complex algorithms…From Schneier on Security
On the Poisoning of LLMs
Interesting essay on the poisoning of LLMs—ChatGPT in particular:
Given that we’ve known about model poisoning for years, and given the strong incentives the black-hat SEO crowd has to manipulate results, it’s entirely possible…From insideHPC
NVIDIA Teams with Microsoft on Enterprise-Ready Generative AI
NVIDIA has announced that it is integrating its NVIDIA AI Enterprise software into Microsoft’s Azure Machine Learning targeting enterprise AI initiatives. The integration will create a secure, enterprise-ready platform that enables…