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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
Google Assistant Now Broadcasts to Phones
I have been using the similar broadcast by Alexa for some time. Our family is now small, so not needed as much, but still good to have to get to every corner of...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Launches AI.gov
Yesterday, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative Office launched the new AI.gov website. This...
From insideHPC
DOE: $10M for Quantum Information Science and Nuclear Physics Research
May 6, 2021 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $10 million for interdisciplinary research in Quantum Information Science (QIS) and nuclear physics...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Comments on Ransomware Task Force
Some useful comments on the recent announcements about the Ransomware Task force. Essentially saying good idea, but criticizing its lack of serious global participation...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Alexa Provides Show Mode for Lenovo
Nice idea to provide echo 'show' mode on a laptop. Work well in a kitchen say for displaying recipes and pix. Or show people at the front door or on camera....
From The Eponymous Pickle
O'Reilly Looks at Trends
Short excerpt below from the O'Reilly Trends FeatureO'Reilly home Trends. Do subscribe below at the link, nice overview of what going on. By Mike Loukide, Learn...
From insideHPC
2 Seconds of Hair Growth: IBM Claims World’s First 2 Nanometer Chip Technology
IBM today unveiled what it said is with the development of the first chip announced with 2 nanometer (nm) nanosheet technology. Though still more than two years...
From Computational Complexity
Negotiations
So you got an offer to be an assistant professor in the computer science department at Prestigious U. Congratulations! Time to negotiate your offer with the chair...
From insideHPC
Brytlyt’s Accelerated Analytics – powered by GPU
This featured whitepaper, "Brytlyt's Accelerated Analytics - powered by GPU - Why today’s data-driven businesses need GPU acceleration," discusses the analytics...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bioactive Paper for Food Packaging
for Reducing plastic wasteBioactive paper coatings to replace plastic for packaging foodsPress Release: Research News / May 03, 2021The amount of plastic waste...
From The Eponymous Pickle
P&G Launches iLab 2021
Procter continues to work innovation:PR NEWSWIRE: P&G launches iLab 2021 in partnership with the Singapore EDB to strengthen Singapore's innovation ecosystemP&G...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nokia Launches Blockchain Data Market Place for Data Traing and AI Models
Interesting use for blockchain: Secure Data and AI model monetization. Nokia launches blockchain-powered Data Marketplace for secure data trading and AI modelsGlobalNewswire...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Far Side Squid Comic
A classic. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: COVID Relief Funds
A town in Japan built a giant squid statue with its COVID relief grant. One local told the Chunichi Shimbun newspaper that while the statue may be effective in...
From insideHPC
DOE’s Best Practices for HPC Software Developers Webinar Series — May 12
May 5, 2021 — The IDEAS Productivity project, in partnership with the DOE Computing Facilities of the ALCF, OLCF, and NERSC and the DOE Exascale Computing Project...
From insideHPC
PsiQuantum and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Claim Quantum Computing Breakthrough
PALO ALTO, Calif. and Malta, New York – May 5, 2021 – PsiQuantum, the quantum computing company focused on delivering a 1 million-plus qubit quantum computer, and...
From insideHPC
DOE’s HPC4EI Program, HPC for Manufacturing and Materials Development Companies, Opens to Applicants
The U.S. Department of Energy’s High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) program, consisting of two subprograms — for manufacturing (HPC4Mfg) and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
eCommerce and AI
Some good examples of typical uses in the space.How eCommerce leaders use AI to woo their customers with PersonalizationPosted by Kateryna Reshetilo in DSCOnce...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Blackboxes in Sociotechnical Interventions for Health Disparity Reduction
A recent CNN article titled “Black or ‘Other’? Doctors may be relying on race to make decisions about your health,” discusses how race has both historically affected...
From Schneier on Security