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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 Schneier on Security
AI and Microdirectives
Imagine a future in which AIs automatically interpret—and enforce—laws. All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
An Asteroid loaded with $10 quintillion worth of Metals edges closer to US reach
Previously mentioned, here a report excerpt. An Asteroid loaded with $10 quintillion worth of Metals edges closer to US reachFilip De Mott Jul 20, 2023, 4:31NASA...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Fast decoding of base32 strings
We often need to encode binary data into ASCII strings. The standards (e.g., email) to do so include base16, base32 and base64. There are some research papers on...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Two Other Tests of Time
Mihalis Yannakakis 70-Fest and the 2023 Gödel Prize 2020 AAAS election—congrats on that too Mihalis Yannakakis is being honored with a 70th-birthday festival next...
From The Noisy Channel
Surprise! Surprise?
We have reached the stage of generative AI where artists, authors, and performers are convinced that AI is stealing their lives — and, perhaps more importantly,...
From insideHPC
Lenovo is a Supply Chain Powerhouse with Asset Recovery Services being a Key Cornerstone
[Sponsored Guest Article] The lifecycle of IT gear, HPC or otherwise, is generally thought to start the day it is powered up to the day it is powered down for...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft Talks Costs of AI and Integration with Office in CoPilot
Based on experience the integration is very important ... CNBC.COM July 18, 2023By Todd Haselton @ROBOTODD• Microsoft shares rallied to an all-time high after...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Improving Urban Planning with VR
Modeling your complex realities Improving Urban Planning with VRRuhr-Universität Bochum (Germany)Meike Drießen, July 14, 2023Researchers at Germany's Ruhr-Universit...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McKinsey and Cohere Collaborate to Transform Clients with Enterprise Generative AI
At the McKinsey BlogMcKinsey and Cohere collaborate to transform clients with enterprise generative AIAI & AnalyticsJuly 18, 2023Today, McKinsey announced a strategic...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Breaking Down Barriers to Open Source Contributions
Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt a touch of nervousness when it comes to contributing to an open-source project. Many of us have been there. Even though the...
From insideHPC
Quantum: Atom Computing and NREL Explore Electric Grid Optimization
BOULDER, CO, July 20, 2023 – Atom Computing and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced are exploring how quantum...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Computer Vision That Works More Like a Brain Sees More Like People Do
Towards better vision. ACM TECHNEWSComputer Vision That Works More Like a Brain Sees More Like People DoBy MIT News, July 13, 2023When deep Learning computer vision...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Apple Working on Generative AI
Reported in Bloomberghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irS_zBKHbgUApple is quietly working on artificial intelligence tools that could challenge those of OpenAI,They...
From Schneier on Security
Commentary on the Implementation Plan for the 2023 US National Cybersecurity Strategy
The Atlantic Council released a detailed commentary on the White House’s new “Implementation Plan for the 2023 US National Cybersecurity Strategy.” Lots of interesting...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Accepting Nominations for the 2023 Alan T. Waterman Award
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Alan T. Waterman Award. NSF’s highest honor for early-career researchers, the annual...
From insideHPC
DUG Secures A$5M in Western Australia Government Funding for Geraldton HPC Campus
July 18, 2023 — DUG Technology Ltd (ASX: DUG) announced an agreement with the Western Australian state government under the Investment Attraction Fund and willDUG...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Digital Twins Give Hydrogen a Greener Path to Growth
Interesting idea.Digital Twins Give Hydrogen a Greener Path to GrowthIEEE SpectrumTammy Xu, July 14, 2023Sharaf Alsharif at Germany's Oldenburger OFFIS Institute...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Twitter loses nearly half advertising revenue since Elon Musk takeover
Surprise?Twitter loses nearly half advertising revenue since Elon Musk takeover By Jemma Dempsey BBC NewsTwitter has lost almost half of its advertising revenue...
From The Eponymous Pickle