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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
On IBM Factsheets
On IBM Factsheets, their overview: https://aifs360.mybluemix.net/introduction Looking more closely.Why IBM’s AI Fact Sheets should be the industry standard ...
From Schneier on Security
Finnish Data Theft and Extortion
The Finnish psychotherapy clinic Vastaamo was the victim of a data breach and theft. The criminals tried extorting money from the clinic. When that failed, they...
From insideHPC
Cambridge Quantum Reports Progress toward ‘Meaning Aware’ NLP
UK-based Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC), a quantum software and algorithm specialist, today released researcher papers on its use of quantum computing to develop...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IBM Delivers New AI Capabilities
New developments from IBM, and based on this it seems they are attempting to make AI easier to use and deliver. Notably things like delivering FAQ is the simplest...
From insideHPC
UK Quantum Company Phasecraft Announces Seed Funding Round
London – 10 December 2020 – Quantum software company Phasecraft today closed what it said is a record seed round for a quantum computing company in the UK. ItsUK...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Learning Better with Shape-Shifting
Like the example of modifying objects to address specific elements of training. Unusual application, uses outside of sports?Better Learning with Shape-Shifting...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Nominations Sought for New CCC Council Members
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is charged with catalyzing and empowering the U.S. computing research community to articulate and advance major research...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Coronavirus Apps Show Promise but Prove a Tough Sell
Good to see an experiment of this type, at very least to see how people react to permitting monitoring , and what it takes for them to trust it and its use. ...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
The Future of Mathematics?
Proving proofs are proven Kevin Buzzard is Professor of Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London. Wikipedia says that he specialises in algebraic number theory...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Updating AI Product Performance
Nicely done piece from NVIDIA Developers.Updating AI Product Performance from Throughput to Time-To-SolutionBy Shar Narasimhan | November 23, 2020 Tags: data center...
From insideHPC
Overcoming the Complexities of New Applications & Technologies in the New Era of HPC
In this contributed article, Bill Wagner, CEO of Bright Computing, discusses how as more organizations take the leap into HPC, Bright Computing aims to be the company...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Security Flaws in IOT Devices Wont Get Fixed.
Was pointed out to me early as the classic security problem with edge devices lost in the field, they will never be updated to be secure, and they are attachedCritical...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Wants Smart Neighborhoods
Amazon has received much hammering of late on their smart home capabilities. Giving openings to hackers, listening in on private conversations and through itsAmazon...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Obfuscating the Indistinguishable in Cryptography
Below is something I had heard mentioned before, but was unclear of the implications. Here are a number of statements and article give a good overview. IComputer...
From insideHPC
MIT Researchers: Promise for Nonsilicon Computer Transistors
For decades, one material has so dominated the production of computer chips and transistors that the tech capital of the world — Silicon Valley — bears its name...
From insideHPC
Object Matrix Joins the Active Archive Alliance
Boulder, Colo. – December 9, 2020 – The Active Archive Alliance today announced that Object Matrix has joined the organization, which promotes modern strategies...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Signal Encryption Protocol
More attempts to decrease surveillance?Hacker Lexicon: What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol?As the Signal protocol becomes the industry standard, it's worth understanding...
From insideHPC
SambaNova Systems Announces SambaNova DataScale — Built for AI
Palo Alto, CA, Dec. 9, 2020 — SambaNova Systems, builder of systems platform for artificial intelligence and data-intensive applications from the data center to...
From Computational Complexity
Shuffling Around
In the fall of 1983 as a junior at Cornell I took CS 481, Introduction to the Theory of Computing, from Juris Hartmanis. Needless to say this was the course that...
From insideHPC