Communications of the ACM
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May 2023
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watch 44 million atoms simulated using AI and a supercomputer
AI Simulating
Watch 44 million atoms simulated using AI and a supercomputer
This simulation models a huge number of atoms in detail with the help of artificial intelligence
By Alex Wilkins, 16 May 2023 in New Scientist
The most…From The Eponymous Pickle
Cesium partners with Google Maps Platform to Render its New Photorealistic 3D Tiles
Cesium partners with Google Maps Platform to Render its New Photorealistic 3D Tiles
Philadelphia, PA – May 11, 2023 – Philadelphia-based 3D geospatial company, Cesium, has partnered with Google Maps Platform on the experimental…From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Astro Dog Robot Aimed at House Monitoring.
Quite pricy. Idea interesting, but this seems to be only a tentative offer. Some hint they plan to add some form of' 'chat' style interaction. Recall they had something like this before.
Introducing Amazon Astro, Household robot…From Schneier on Security
Microsoft Secure Boot Bug
Microsoft is currently patching a zero-day Secure-Boot bug.
The BlackLotus bootkit is the first-known real-world malware that can bypass Secure Boot protections, allowing for the execution of malicious code before your PC begins…From insideHPC
Q-CTRL Opens Offices in London and Berlin
LONDON and BERLIN, May 16, 2023 – Q-CTRL, a developer of quantum technologies through quantum control infrastructure software, today announced the company’s expansion in Europe with office openings in Germany and the UK. With…
From insideHPC
Authenticx Conversational AI Names Eric Prugh CPO
INDIANAPOLIS — May. 16, 2023 — Authenticx, which helps healthcare enterprises improve operations, compliance and business insights from recorded customer conversations, has appointed Eric Prugh chief product officer. Prugh brings…
From insideHPC
A-Alpha Bio and Livermore Lab Expand ML Collaboration on Antibody Discovery and Biothreats
SEATTLE, May 16, 2023 — A-Alpha Bio, a synthetic biology and machine learning company that measures and engineers protein-protein interactions, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) today announced a collaboration…
From insideHPC
Lenovo and Intel Partner for Sustainable HPC and AI Capabilities at Imperial College London
London – May 16, 2023 — Imperial College London has signed a joint collaboration with Lenovo and Intel to deliver more sustainable High Performance Computing (HPC) as part of their central Research Computing Service (RCS). The…
From insideHPC
Kelly Chipps Named to Federal Nuclear Science Advisory Committee
May 15, 2023 — Kelly Chipps, a nuclear astrophysicist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed to the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee, or NSAC. The committee provides official advice to…
From insideHPC
Quantum-HPC Integrated Data Center under Development in the Netherlands
Enschede, Netherlands, St. Gallen, Switzerland, May 15th, 2023 – QMware and QuiX Quantum are collaborating to develop what the companies say is the first integrated, hybrid quantum-classical platform in Enschede, the Netherlands…
From insideHPC
Nextira Selected for Implementing Ansys Gateway Powered by AWS
AUSTIN, Texas, May 11, 2023 — Nextira, a cloud solutions provider for cloud migration, technology optimization and digital transformation, announced today it has been selected as a systems integrator for Ansys Gateway powered…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gates Opposes AI Pause
Bill Gates opposes Elon Musk’s call to pause new A.I. research because of what ‘bad guys’ could do with the technology ... ... Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates says he’s “scared” about artificial intelligence falling into the wrong…
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Look at China's Ambitious Generative AI and related Regulations.
Fascinating, regarding direction and regulation .... Here just an overview.
Decoding China’s Ambitious Generative AI Regulations
APRIL 16, 2023 BY JUSTIN CURL LEAVE A COMMENT By Sihao Huang and Justin Curl
On April 11th, 2023…From The Eponymous Pickle
Short Course for Prompts by Developers
Seems simple and well done pointing it out to several that have asked and will relate comments.
SHORT COURSE
ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers
Learn prompt engineering best practices for application development
DiscoverGain…From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Emphasizes more Generative AI Search
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Supercharging Search with generative AI
May 10, 2023
Sign up today to test our latest update to Search, which uses generative AI to give you more information and context to your searches.
Elizabeth Reid…From The Eponymous Pickle
Trustworthy AI?
Can We Build Trustworthy AI? in Gizmodo
AI isn't transparent, so we should all be preparing for a world where AI is not trustworthy, write two Harvard researchers.
By Nathan Sanders and Bruce Schneier, Published May 4, 2023…From The Eponymous Pickle
Researchers Create Robot Capable of Doing the Little Stuff
Dealing with it all.
Researchers Create Robot Capable of Cleaning Your Room, Doing Your Laundry
The Independent (U.K.), Amber Raiken, May 12, 2023
An international team of researchers has created the TidyBot robot, which can be…From The Eponymous Pickle
Google: AI should never be credited as an inventor
Credit, Invention and the Future use of builder on invention you can build on in a kind of open source.
Google: AI should Never be Credited as an Inventor
The company responded to an open question from the U.S. Patent Office.
By…From insideHPC
ALCF Starts Aurora Learning Path Series May 17
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will begin a new Aurora Learning Paths series on Wednesday, May 17 from 1:30-3:30 pm CT. Two more sessions will be held on June 14 and July 12. Registration is here. The three-part series…
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Computing the UTF-8 size of a Latin 1 string quickly (ARM NEON edition)
While most of our software relies on Unicode strings, we often still encounter legacy encodings such as Latin 1. Before we convert Latin 1 strings to Unicode (e.g., UTF-8), we must compute the size of the UTF-8 string. It isContinue…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google AI Driven Shopping is now
And how different from past Google methods?
Will Google’s AI-Driven Search Captivate Shoppers? from Retailwire
6 EXPERT COMMENTS
Will Google’s AI-Driven Search Captivate Shoppers?
AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOOGLE SEARCH ENGINEMay…From The Eponymous Pickle
Comparing Five AI Coding Models
Just starting to get into this. Can anyone point to other 'coding' explorations?
Comparing Five AI Coding Models
By HackerNoon, May 2, 2023
Open source models have yet to match the effectiveness of closed source models.
Computer…From The Eponymous Pickle
Japan Firms Turn to VR for Customer Service Training
Examined VR for this in the 80s. Useful when well staged with examples. Saw examples in Japan then.
Japan Firms Turn to VR for Customer Service Training
By The Japan News, May 8, 2023
A FamilyMart employee receives virtualConventional…From The Eponymous Pickle
Crypto.com launches ChatGPT-based AI user assistant Amy
Crypto meets AI
Crypto.com launches ChatGPT-based AI user assistant Amy
The crypto exchange launched its AI user assistant to inform users about industry insights, including real-time token prices, projects and historical events…From The Eponymous Pickle
RIP Again for the Metaverse?
Does the emergence of AI methods make any difference, I have been asked. Paused for now?
RIP Metaverse By Business Insider, May 9, 2023
The Metaverse, once the hottest idea in tech, is headed to the industry's graveyard of…From The Eponymous Pickle
OpenAI and Figure join the race to Humanoid Robot Workers
In Norway,
OpenAI and Figure join the race to humanoid robot workers
By Loz Blain, April 10, 2023
OpenAI has invested in Norway's 1X Technologies, which expects to launch its Neo robot (left) in the coming months. Meanwhile, Figure…From The Eponymous Pickle
Prompt Engineering Guide for Data Analysts
Good starting point I am examining now. Intro here is instructional.
Getting the most out of LLM models as a Data Analyst with Prompt Engineering
Large Language Model (LLM) is on the rise, driven by the popularity of ChatGPT by…From Schneier on Security
Micro-Star International Signing Key Stolen
Micro-Star International—aka MSI—had its UEFI signing key stolen last month.
This raises the possibility that the leaked key could push out updates that would infect a computer’s most nether regions without triggering a warning…From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Digital lollipop: no calories, just electronics!
by Jane Waite, Queen Mary University of London Can a computer create a taste in your mouth? Imagine scrolling down a list of flavours and then savouring your sweet choice from a digital lollipop. Not keen on that flavour, just…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Ingrid Daubechies: Prizes and Art
Ingrid Daubechies won the 2023 Wolf Prize in Mathematics last February. She is the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Crop from 2021 New York Times…