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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 The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Ventures
More from my former employer.P&G Ventures Among Top 20 Best Workplaces for Innovators According to Fast Company CINCINNATI, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Fast Company...
From insideHPC
DOE Funds $15M for Integrated Computational and Data Infrastructure for Science Research at 5 Universities
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $15.1 million for three collaborative research projects, at five universities, to advance development of what...
From Schneier on Security
Using “Master Faces” to Bypass Face-Recognition Authenticating Systems
Fascinating research: “Generating Master Faces for Dictionary Attacks with a Network-Assisted Latent Space Evolution.” Abstract: A master face is a face image that...
From Computational Complexity
Pole Vault Live Blogging
As I write this I'm watching the women's pole vault final in the Olympics. Of the 15 women who made the finals, only four remain after two heights.To expand ontweet...
From insideHPC
Dataiku Raises $400M at a $4.6B Valuation for ‘Everyday AI’ in the Enterprise
August 05, 2021 – NEW YORK – Dataiku, the platform for Everyday AI, today announced $400M in Series E investment led by Tiger Global, with participation from several...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Radar Trends for August
As usual, well done look at look and links for trends to watch.Radar trends to watch: August 2021Trends in Programming, Robotics, Security, and More By Mike Loukides...
From insideHPC
Intelligent Light Announces Kombyne an ‘HPC Efficiency Multiplier’ for CFD
RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Aug. 4, 2021 –Intelligent Light announced today the creation of Kombyne, an SaaS high performance computing (HPC) workflow tool initially developed...
From insideHPC
ALCF GPU Hackathon and Computational Performance Workshop: Prepping Researchers for Current & Future HPC
As the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) continues its transition to deploying and operating supercomputers powered by graphics processing units (GPUs)...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Turning the Tables on Cheating?
Colonel Stok: Do you play chess? Harry Palmer: Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating. Sleuth source Michael Caine played Harry Palmer in the...
From Schneier on Security
Zoom Lied about End-to-End Encryption
The facts aren’t news, but Zoom will pay $85M — to the class-action attorneys, and to users — for lying to users about end-to-end encryption, and for giving user...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Cyber Risk in Digital Transformation
Its not brought up enough as a key part of the transformation effort. It is essential as threats enlarge. What do you have if the attackers get control? Cyber...
From insideHPC
Univ. of Cambridge Wilkes-3 Is No. 3 on Latest Green500 for Energy-efficient HPC
Twice a year, the TOP500 project releases a ranking of the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world. This Green500 list parallels the better-known TOP500...
From insideHPC
Ken Kennedy AI & Data Science Conference, Oct. 25-27: Call for Participation, Program Announced
The 2021 Ken Kennedy AI and Data Science Conference is scheduled for October 25-27. Visit ai-datascience.rice.edu for more details. The conference will kick off...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Use of Chat in Meetings
Always thought better use of chat in meetings would be useful, perhaps a means of asking questions of participants by an advisor? Invocation of humor? Microsoft...
From insideHPC
TACC Joins NSF-Funded Icicle Institute for AI Research
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin announced today that it is a partner in the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded...
From insideHPC
Add UK to Nvidia-Arm Acquisition Snags
On the heels of potential regulatory problems in China and Europe for Nvidia’s planned Arm acquisition, another press report, from Bloomberg, states that UK regulators...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Big Fines for Amazon Under GDPR
Good to know the implications of the EU GDPR. Note how Amazon sees the gathering of customer data. On to the EU court.EU Fines Amazon Record $888 Million Over ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Blackmatter Interview
I see that the Podcast 'Security Now' has now published the 'Blackmatter' interview with the Recorded Future company. We did some work with Recorded Future at...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Power Shift to Employees?
Have seen some examples of this lately. Tech Pay Survey Shows Power Shift to Employees By The Information, July 23, 2021The technology-business boom is giving...
From The Eponymous Pickle