Communications of the ACM
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June 2023
From The Eponymous Pickle
Metaverses get a Chip
Meta is developing its own AI chip - here's hoping it goes better than the Metaverse
By Muskaan Saxena published 26 days ago
Anything is better than the Metaverse (?)
Meta has announced the development of a new chip, specifically…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Helps Scientists Develop New Antibiotic To Kill Superbug
AI Helps Scientists Develop New Antibiotic To Kill Superbug
By Decrypt, May 31, 2023
Acinetobacter bacteria
Researchers trained a neural network and performed in silico predictions for new molecules with activity against A. baumannii…From The Eponymous Pickle
Can Xerox Reinvent Itself for Another 100 years?
We visited Xerox PARC just before the day of most of the big players of today. Just before the big avalanche of the personal computer. It cost them. Now we sit at the edge again, this time its about AI. But also in a space…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Accenture Announces Jaw-dropping $3 Billion Investment in AI
More big investments in AI
Accenture announces jaw-dropping $3 billion investment in AI
Carl Franzen @carlfranzen June 13, 2023 7:09 AM
Illustration of a dark green city skyline with gold coins falling from the sky.
Credit: VentureBeat…From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Adds AI driven Gmail Features
Nicely thought out new features for Gmail, not huge things, but useful if you do lots of email.
Google Adds AI driven Gmail Features
Jun 14, 2023, 6 min read
These features can make your email experience even faster and more organized…From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: HPC Software Rock Star Sunita Chandrasekaran on Exascale Programming and the Emergence of the RSE
From insideHPC
IBM Reports Accurate Quantum at 100+ Qubits
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced what the company said is a breakthrough in quantum computing, published on the cover of the scientific journal Nature, demonstrating for the first time that quantum systems can produce accurate…
From The Eponymous Pickle
China Invests in Open Source Intelligence from Pentagon
Christopher Ahlberg writes:
@cahlberg Thrilled to see the @nytimes write up on the great research by the Insikt team at
@RecordedFuture Quote Tweet The New York Times @nytimes Jun 1
China is investing deeply in open-source…From The Eponymous Pickle
China and AI
From ChatGBT:
China has been actively exploring and investing in the military applications of artificial intelligence (AI). They view AI as a critical component in modernizing their military capabilities. Some potential military…From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Need for an AI Public Option
Long piece by Bruce Schneier on this. Worth reading. Be cautious he says. I agree, but also being cautious about how we stifle our future.
On the Need for an AI Public Option
Artificial intelligence will bring great benefits…From The Eponymous Pickle
Successfully Deploying Machine Learning
Successfully Deploying Machine Learning
By focusing on data, value propositions, and talent, enterprises can get ready to take the next step beyond experimentation.
By MIT Technology Review Insights archive page
June 12, 2023
InAfter…From The Eponymous Pickle
Who Should Make the rules?
Yes, big issue, and Please not by the government without any knowledge of the real issues. Have seen it drifting that way. Everyone having a say is also too much.
By Nautilus, May 30, 2023
EveryoneGathering…From The Eponymous Pickle
ChatGPT for iOS gets a whole lot better with these cool new features
Following. Like how it is implemented so far.
ChatGPT for iOS gets a whole lot better with these cool new features By Muskaan Saxena published about 6 hours ago
OpenAI has announced a few new updates for the iOS app, which…From The Eponymous Pickle
'Incompetent' Driverless Cars Wreak Havoc on San Francisco
'Incompetent' Driverless Cars Wreak Havoc on San Francisco By SF Gate, June 9, 2023
A Waymo autonomous vehicle driving along California Street in San Francisco.
While Cruise brags its cars have “state-of-the-art computer vision…From Schneier on Security
On the Need for an AI Public Option
Artificial intelligence will bring great benefits to all of humanity. But do we really want to entrust this revolutionary technology solely to a small group of US tech companies?
Silicon Valley has produced no small number of…From insideHPC
Lenovo Reports AI Infrastructure Revenue Exceeded $2B
June 14, 2023 – RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Today, Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) announced it has reached record annual AI infrastructure revenue of over US$2 billion and unveiled the next phase of its growth strategy, with…
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
A Little Noise Makes Quantum Factoring Fail
Jin-Yi Cai is one of the top theory experts in the world. Both Ken and I have had the pleasure to work with him and interact with him over the years. We have discussed some of his previous work here and here. Today we will talk…
From Geeking with Greg
Optimizing for the wrong thing
Many companies that think of themselves as data-driven underestimate how easy it is for metrics to go terribly wrong. Take a simple example. Imagine an executive who will be bonused and promoted if they increase advertising The…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Program Solicitation: Cyberinfrastructure Technology Acceleration Pathway (CITAP)
The National Science Foundation has announced a new solicitation, Cyberinfrastructure Technology Acceleration Pathway (CITAP), for proposals that aim to accelerate the translation of cyberinfrastructure research to the market…
From insideHPC
AMD Announces Data Center EPYCs, Releases Instinct Accelerator Details and Software for Generative AI
At a product unveiling event this morning in San Francisco, AMD announced updates to its 4th Gen EPYC "Genoa" 5nm data center CPUs and released additional details on its MI300X GPU accelerator for generative AI. The event included…
From The Eponymous Pickle
AI's Can Produce Secure Steganographic Images
Via https://www.schneier.com/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/secret-messages-can-hide-in-ai-generated-media-20230518/
https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.14889 Tech Paper
New research suggests that AIs can produce perfectly secure steganographic…From The Eponymous Pickle
Vanderbilt Launches Future of Learning and Generative AI Advisory Board
Vanderbilt Launches Future of Learning and Generative AI Advisory Board
Jun 7, 2023, 10:01 AM
Vanderbilt University has created the Future of Learning and Generative AI Initiative and appointed members of an advisory board forAs…From insideHPC
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Announces Instances Based on 4th Generation AMD EPYC Processors
AUSTIN, Texas – June 13, 2023 – Oracle today announced plans to make available new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute E5 instances with 4th generation AMD EPYC processors. Unlike other cloud providers’ rigid instance options…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ambitious Mission from the United Arab Emirates to Fly Closely by Seven Main-belt Asteroids.
United Arab Emirates Announces New Mission to the Asteroid Belt, in Sky and Telescope By David Dickerson, May 31 2023
An ambitious new mission from the United Arab Emirates would fly closely and speedily by seven main-belt…From insideHPC
Red Hat Announces Coming Availability of OpenStack Platform 17.1
June 13, 2023 — Red Hat has announced the availability of OpenStack Platform 17.1 in the coming weeks. The company said this release is designed to deliver enhanced flexibility, efficiency and security features with new management…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sweater-Wrapped Robots Can Feel, React to Human Touch
Textile skin
Sweater-Wrapped Robots Can Feel, React to Human Touch
By Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, June 2, 2023
Once fitted to the robot's body, RobotSweater can sense the distribution, shape, and force…From insideHPC
Oracle Partners with Cohere on Generative AI
Austin, Texas—June 13, 2023 — Oracle today announced its plans to develop generative AI services. Oracle will provide native generative AI services designed to help organizations automate end-to-end business processes, improve…
From The Eponymous Pickle
How Smart Contracts Could Play a Pivotal Role in Supply Chains
A space we looked at closely.
How Smart Contracts Could Play a Pivotal Role in Supply Chains
May 25, 2023 Matthew Gideon, Senior Editor
With more suppliers adopting digitization, traditional contractual agreements in the supply…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Disclosure?
House Democrat's Bill Would Mandate AI Disclosure, By Axios
June 5, 2023, Comments
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) said regulating AI will be "one of the central challenges confronting Congress in the years and decades to come…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Model Digests Video to Learn Sign Language
AI Model Digests Video to Learn Sign Language
New Atlas
Paul McClure, May 24, 2023
A tool developed by researchers at Spain’s Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) uses artificial intelligence…