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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
GPT-3 Generates an Article for the Guardian
Much broiling about the ability of 'AI' do human kinds of tasks. OpenAI has made claims for its language generator GPT-3. How well does it do? The Guardian...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
New from ACM-W Europe
Why is diversity seemingly an NP-Hard Problem? Why can we not simplify the issue and just fix it?
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Scholarship for Attendance of Research Conferences program
We also pleased to announce the award granted in the last round of discussions.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Turn Your Echo into a Phone
Been placing calls via Alexa for some time, this seems to close the loop. This seems to open the loop for new kinds of skills that direct, handle, record, manage...
From Schneier on Security
Ranking National Cyber Power
Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center published the “National Cyber Power Index 2020: Methodology and Analytical Considerations.” The rankings: US China UK ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Considering the use of Falsification in Science
Here a link to an Opinion piece in the SciAM. Worth a read along with responses. Thinking this and its implications broadly for establishment and testing, and...
From Schneier on Security
The Third Edition of Ross Anderson’s Security Engineering
Ross Anderson’s fantastic textbook, Security Engineering, will have a third edition. The book won’t be published until December, but Ross has been making drafts...
From The Eponymous Pickle
NASA Patents a Way to get to the Moon
NASA patents a faster, cheaper way to get to the moon. US10696423B1 Will this speed the move to colonizing the moon. Details and patent at link below.Method...
From insideHPC
Video: GigaIO on Optimizing Compute Resources for ML, HPDA and other Advanced Workloads
In this interview, GigaIO CEO Alan Benjamin talks about systems performance problems and wasted compute resources when implementing ML, HPDA and other high demand...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Solar Tech Emergent
How good and how soon is still unclear. Solar Closing in on "Practical" Hydrogen ProductionResearchers develop a solar tech that splits water into hydrogen and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Talk: From a Physics Experiment to a Quantum Network System
Access to the below talk is now open:Thank you for attending Quantum Networks: From a Physics Experiment to a Quantum Network System. This webcast is now on-demand...
From Schneier on Security
US Space Cybersecurity Directive
The Trump Administration just published “Space Policy Directive – 5“: “Cybersecurity Principles for Space Systems.” It’s pretty general: Principles. (a) Space systems...
From insideHPC
Insilico Medicine AI-powered COVIDomic for COVID-19 Research
Santa Clara, CA – Insilico Medicine, a leader in artificial intelligence for drug discovery and development, announced the launch of a system for COVID-19 basic...
From insideHPC
NSF awards $696K for Jetstream Project Year 6
Bloomington, IN — The Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University has been awarded nearly $700,000 from the National Science Foundation to fund the Jetstream...
From insideHPC
Nutanix Partners with Microsoft Azure for a Seamless Hybrid Experience
SAN JOSE –– Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in enterprise cloud computing, today announced a new partnership with Microsoft that will enable both companies toNutanix...
From Schneier on Security
More on NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography
Back in July, NIST selected third-round algorithms for its post-quantum cryptography standard. Recently, Daniel Apon of NIST gave a talk detailing the selection...
From Schneier on Security
More on NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography
Back in July, NIST selected third-round algorithms for its post-quantum cryptography standard. Recently, Daniel Apon of NIST gave a talk detailing the selection...
From insideHPC
Q-CTRL and Quantum Machines Partner to Accelerate Quantum Computing Development
LOS ANGELES/Tel Aviv, Sept. 9, 2020 – Q-CTRL, a startup that applies the principles of control engineering to accelerate the development of quantum technology,Q...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Nanalyze on Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI)
Had forgotten about Nanalyze, worth a look: After I posted about it, they sent me this on Brain Computer interfaces:Who we are We? We are a boutique media and...
From insideHPC