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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 insideHPC
GenAI in Investment Management: Alternative Data Has Gone Mainstream
January 11, 2023 – Alternative data continues to strongly influence the decision-making of investment professionals across the investment management industry, according...
From insideHPC
Quantum: Alphabet Spinoff SandboxAQ Acquires Good Chemistry
PALO ALTO, Calif. and VANCOUVER, Jan. 9, 2024 — SandboxAQ today announced it has acquired Good Chemistry, a computational chemistry company that leverages AI, quantum...
From insideHPC
Analog Devices Deploys SambaNova for GenAI
January 10, 2024—Wilmington, MA and Palo Alto, CA — Semiconduct company Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI) and AI platform developer SambaNova Systems announced...
From Schneier on Security
Pharmacies Giving Patient Records to Police without Warrants
Add pharmacies to the list of industries that are giving private data to the police without a warrant.
From Computational Complexity
Guest Post by Mohammad Hajiaghayi on SODA Business Meeting 2024
This is a guest post Mohammad Hajiaghayi on the SODA business Meeting from 2024. The meeting was held in Alexandria Virginia, Jan 7-10, 2024. The following meetings...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: Conclusion
(This is one version of the conclusion from my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It") Wisdom of...
From insideHPC
QuEra Releases Quantum Roadmap
BOSTON, January 9, 2024 – Quantum computing company QuEra has announced a roadmap for a series of error-corrected quantum computers starting in 2024 and culminating...
From insideHPC
HPE to Acquire Juniper Networks
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it will acquire AI-native networks company Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR)in an all-cash transaction for $40.00 per share, an...
From The Noisy Channel
Query Specificity
The central challenge of query understanding is mapping a query to a representation of the searcher’s intent. Recognizing when two or more different search queries...
From Schneier on Security
Facial Scanning by Burger King in Brazil
In 2000, I wrote: “If McDonald’s offered three free Big Macs for a DNA sample, there would be lines around the block.” Burger King in Brazil is almost there, offering...
From insideHPC
ALCF Student Training Series: Intro to AI-Driven Science on Supercomputers, Feb. 6-March 26
The deadline is Monday, Jan. 15, to register for the free, online series “Introduciton to AI-Driven Science on Supercomputers,” hosted by the Argonne Leadership...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Will Sponsor 3 Scientific Panels Next Month at AAAS 2024
The 2024 AAAS Meeting will take place February 15th – 17th in Denver, Colorado. This conference, held annually since AAAS was established in 1848, is dedicated...
From insideHPC
RIKEN Selects Quantinuum for Hybrid Quantum–HPC Platform
Quantum computing company Quantinuum and Japanese research institution and HPC center RIKEN announced that Quantinuum will provide RIKEN access to its H1-Series...
From Schneier on Security
PIN-Stealing Android Malware
This is an old piece of malware—the Chameleon Android banking Trojan—that now disables biometric authentication in order to steal the PIN: The second notable new...
From insideHPC
HPC News Bytes 20240108: Ericsson and the Intel 4 Process, AI and VC in 2023, Samsung and CXL for RHEL, Quantum Cybersecurity
A good January morning to you! Here's a brief (5:14) run-down of the latest goings-on in HPC-AI: Ericsson may beat Intel to the Intel 4 process punch, AI a rare...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: A win-win-win for customers, companies, and society
(This is an excerpt from drafts of my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It") Everyone wins -- companies...
From Schneier on Security
Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy
Last month, I convened the Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy (IWORD 2023) at the Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center. As with IWORD 2022,...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: Use only trustworthy behavior data
(This is an excerpt from drafts of my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It") Adversaries manipulate...
From Computational Complexity
A nice dice problem- Part I
In this blog I pose a dice problem. The problem is NOT mine and the answer is KNOWN. However, I DO NOT think its well known, and I DO think it's interesting. My...
From Putting People First