Communications of the ACM
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May 2023
From insideHPC
Ayar Labs Adds $25M to its Series C
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – May 24, 2023 – Ayar Labs, a developer of silicon photonics for chip-to-chip connectivity, today announced it has raised an additional $25 million in Series C1 funding, bringing its total Series C raise to…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bill Gates Predicts AI Agents will Rule
Bill Gates Speaks (excerpts) In Reuters:
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22 (Reuters) - Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) co-founder, on Monday said the technology race to win is the development of the top artificially intelligent agent…From The Eponymous Pickle
Decentralized Blockchain?
And Asked for further comment. Blockchain is still here.
Decentraland: The Alleged Decentralization of Blockchain Applications
By Massimo Franceschet
Communications of the ACM, June 2023, Vol. 66 No. 6, Pages 45-47 10.1145/3563942…From The Eponymous Pickle
Neeva, Ad-Free Search Engine Shuts Down
Recall being asked to comment on this. No mention of AI at the time.
Neeva: Ad-free search engine shuts down in the BBC.
Neeva, an advert- and tracker-free search engine founded by a former Google ad exec, says it will shutThe…From The Eponymous Pickle
Yann LeCun's Bold New Vision for the Future of AI
Like LeCun's views they are always interesting, inspired us early on in AI. His connection to Meta is interesting given his generally very practical views.
Yann LeCun's Bold New Vision for the Future of AI
By MIT Technology Review…From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Maps is expanding Immersive View to routes
Nice direction.
The upgrade will be available in 15 cities by the end of the year. in Engadget
Kris Holt|@krisholt| May 10, 2023 in Engadget
Google Maps is expanding the Immersive View format it revealed last year to an important…From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Generative AI to Unlock Probabilistic Products
Interesting idea ....
Using Generative AI to Unlock Probabilistic Products in a16z in Andreessen
by Anish Acharya
Enterprise & SaaS fintech product management Generative AI
One remarkable thing about the invention of generative…From The Eponymous Pickle
Centipede Robots with More Legs Better at Walking Over Bumps
Centipede Robots with More Legs Better at Walking Over Bumps
By New Scientist, May 12, 2023
More legs, greater stability.
In repeated experiments, robots with fewer legs showed lots of variation in how long they took to move between…From The Eponymous Pickle
Will Generative AI Improve Customer Experiences in Retail
Useful thoughts and directions.
Will Generative AI Improve Customer Experiences in Retail by Patricia Vekich Waldron
Customer experience (CX) and customer service leaders gathered in San Diego this week for the Reuters Events…From Schneier on Security
Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee Pass Comprehensive Privacy Laws
It’s been a big month for US data privacy. Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee all passed state privacy laws, bringing the total number of states with a privacy law up to eight. No private right of action in any of those, which means…
From insideHPC
At ISC 2023: Nordic Colo Provider atNorth Discusses Reduced Power Consumption Combined with Maximized HPC-AI
At ISC 2023 we caught up with HPC Operations Manager Rui Gomes of atNorth, the Iceland-based Nordic colocation and HPC & AI-as-a-service provider, which has been expanding its footprint not only in Iceland but across Scandinavia…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Call for Nominations: CRA/CCC Leadership in Science Policy Institute – Nov 16-17, 2023
Originally posted to the CRA Bulletin As part of its mission to develop the next generation of leaders in the computing research community, the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (CCC) announces the…
From insideHPC
Dell and NVIDIA in Generative AI Initiative
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) have announced a joint generative AI initiative designed to make it easier for businesses to build generative AI models on premises. Project Helix will offer various solutions…
From BLOG@CACM
How Did Scientists Succumb to Aunt Edna? The Dangers of a Superintelligent AI is Fiction
Speaking of the existential threat of AI is science fiction, and bad science fiction for that matter because it is not based on anything we know about science, logic, and nothing we even know about ourselves.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Creating 3D Objects with Sound
Creating 3D objects with sound
Creating 3D objects with sound: From MaxPlanck
FEBRUARY 09, 2023
Scientists from the Micro, Nano and Molecular Systems Lab at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and the Institute for…From insideHPC
At ISC 2023: Lenovo Discusses a Decade-Plus of Delivering Sustainable HPC
In this interview at ISC 2023 with Lenovo’s Rick Koopman, EMEA Director HPC and AI Emerging Markets, we discuss Lenovo’s mission to stay at the leading edge of sustainable HPC hardware solutions. Lenovo has built out a comprehensive…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Real Time Photo Editing from DragGAN
Has received significant praise, plan to examine.
From YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQxfBE5n1oA
1,201 views May 23, 2023 #draggan #ai
Introducing DragGAN: an AI Image Manipulation Tool for real-time photo editing…From The Eponymous Pickle
Adobe and MIT Identify
Robotic applications emerge...
Researchers use AI to identify similar materials in images
This machine-learning method could assist with robotic scene understanding, image editing, or online recommendation systems.
Adam Zewe |A…From The Noisy Channel
From Today, Creating Is Dead!
From Today, Creativity Is Dead!
A common theme in the concerns about generative AI is that it will replace human-generated art and end creativity as we know it. Reflecting on this concern inspired me to research how painters reacted…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Powers Second-Skin-Like Wearable Tech
Biometric signals,
AI Powers Second-Skin-Like Wearable Tech
Monash University (Australia), May 19, 2023
Scientists at Australia's Monash University and the Melbourne Center for Nanofabrication integrated nanotechnology and artificial…From The Eponymous Pickle
College is Remade as Tech Majors Surge, Humanities Dwindle
Not Unexpected with all the excitement.Have seen several interest queries.
College is Remade as Tech Majors Surge, Humanities Dwindle
The Washington Post
Nick Anderson, May 20, 2023
Higher education institutions are seeing rising…From The Eponymous Pickle
Artificial Intelligence Makes Harsher Judgments than Humans on Whether rules have been Broken, a new study claims.
Artificial Intelligence makes Harsher Judgments than Humans on Whether Rules have been Broken, a new study claims By Pol Allingham via SWNS
Artificial intelligence makes harsher judgments than humans on whether rules haveWhen…From Schneier on Security
Credible Handwriting Machine
In case you don’t have enough to worry about, someone has built a credible handwriting machine:
This is still a work in progress, but the project seeks to solve one of the biggest problems with other homework machines, such as…From insideHPC
AMD-Powered LUMI Supercomputer: In the Vanguard of HPC Performane and Energy Efficiency
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] LUMI is a model of both supercomputing and sustainability. It also embodies Europe’s rise on the global HPC scene in recent years. The AMD-powered, HPE-built system, ranked no. 3 on the new TOP500
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From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Early Theory
“Everything is interesting” Susan Graham is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. I have known Graham for decades—and am happy to report she…
From Yoshua Bengio
How Rogue AIs may Arise
Scenarios giving rise to potentially rogue AIs, from intential genocidal behavior of some humans to unintentional catastrophe arising because AI misalignment.
L’article How Rogue AIs may Arise est apparu en premier sur Yoshua…From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Above and Beyond Scholarship – Hsiu-Chin Lin
What has been a highlight of attending the conference (utilizing the ACM-W Scholarship)? The ACM-W scholarship sponsored my first international conference when I was an undergraduate student. As an undergraduate student, a research…
From The Noisy Channel
Trust Through Provenance
The recent advances in generative AI have led many people to fear all manner of deepfakes — particularly text, images, audio, and video. People like Yuval Noah Hariri feel that AI threatens the future of humanity.
On one hand,…From The Eponymous Pickle
Where Do Great Ideas Come From?
From Drucker, who I met a few times.
ACM CAREERS
Where Do Great Ideas Come From? By The Generalist, May 22, 2023
Scientists motivated by independence or the desire for intellectual challenge had more creative output.
The greatDrucker's…From The Eponymous Pickle
New research finds verbal prompts can make semi-automated driving safer
New approaches in driving,
New research finds verbal prompts can make semi-automated driving safer
by Amy McCaig, Rice University
Semi-automated cars are becoming increasingly common, but real dangers exist when technology fails…