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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From insideHPC
At SC24: An Update from HPC-AI Skills Development Organization OpenACC
OpenACC helps the scientific R&D community develop their accelerated computing skills. Here are Dr. Sunita Chandrasekaran of the Univ. of Delaware and OpenACC User...
From insideHPC
DOE Announces $625M Quantum Research Funding Opportunity
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science (SC) announced that $625 million is available to support National Quantum Information Science Research Centers...
From Computational Complexity
"Our Days Are Numbered"
Slide in Lev Reyzin's JMM talk "Problems in AI and ML for Mathematicians" Reyzin is paraphrasing Telgarsky. Posted with permission. Last week I attended the Joint...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
National Medal of Science is Presented to Previous CCC Council Member Cynthia Dwork
Cynthia Dwork receives the National Medal of Science from the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Arati Prabhakar, Ph.D....
From Schneier on Security
Phishing False Alarm
A very security-conscious company was hit with a (presumed) massive state-actor phishing attack with gift cards, and everyone rallied to combat it—until it turned...
From insideHPC
Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC) Meeting to be Held Jan. 16-17
The next meeting of the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee (ASCAC), the federal advisory committee for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science...
From insideHPC
Infortrend Unveils Storage for HPC and Media & Entertainment
Taipei, Taiwan – January 14, 2025 – Enterprise storage company Infortrend Technology, Inc. (TWSE: 2495) introduced its high-density 4U 90-bay HDD solutions: unified...
From insideHPC
Alibaba, Apple and Synopsys Join Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium Board
Beaverton, Ore. – Jan. 14, 2025 – The Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium, developer of the UALink for AI clusters, has announced the expansion of its board of directors...
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking on “AI: Trust & Power” at Capricon 45 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at 11:30 AM onBoskone...
From The Noisy Channel
Ground Truth: A Useful Fiction
A key concern about AI is that models “hallucinate” — technical jargon for saying that they make up things that look right. Keeping AI models grounded in truthimplicit...
From Schneier on Security
The First Password on the Internet
It was created in 1973 by Peter Kirstein: So from the beginning I put password protection on my gateway. This had been done in such a way that even if UK users...
From insideHPC
DOE ASCR: $35M Available for HPC Data Management, Proposal Deadline May 13
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program, announced that $35 million dollars is available to support...
From insideHPC
Investment Firm: Global Data Center Market to Experience 15% CAGR through 2027
CHICAGO, Jan. 13, 2025 – To meet exponential demand, the data center sector will grow at a phenomenal pace in 2025, according to analyst firm JLL’s 2025 GlobalInvestment...
From insideHPC
ORNL Partners with EPB to Test Quantum Networks Protection
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory joined with network services provider EPB of Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee...
From insideHPC
Telehouse Launches Liquid Cooling Lab with Accelsius, EkkoSense, JetCool and Legrand
13 January 2025 – Telehouse International Corporation of Europe, a data centre service provider, today announces the launch of its liquid cooling lab, following...
From Schneier on Security
Microsoft Takes Legal Action Against AI “Hacking as a Service” Scheme
Not sure this will matter in the end, but it’s a positive move: Microsoft is accusing three individuals of running a “hacking-as-a-service” scheme that was designed...
From Computational Complexity
Random Thought on AI from someone in the REAL WORLD
Guest Post from Nick Sovitch. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Bill Gasarch recently blogged on RANDOM THOUGHTS ON AI...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
JavaScript hashing speed comparison: MD5 versus SHA-256
Hashing algorithms convert input data into a fixed-size string of characters, known as a hash value or digest. These algorithms are one-way functions, meaning the...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Adrian Stokes: Internet pioneer
We take the Internet for granted now, but it is not that long ago that it did not exist at all. Despite being disabled from birth with spina bifida, Adrian Stokes...
From Schneier on Security