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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 CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
The first computer wizard
Christopher Strachey did a series of firsts in computer programming, and that was just when he was playing.
From insideHPC
Power Grid Modeling Tool Launched on Frontier Exascale Supercomputer
Exascale Grid Optimization (ExaGO), a power grid simulation and optimization platform developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), is the first of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
China Advances in AI
Excerpt from ChatGPT, General Statement, China Status and AdvancesChina has made significant advancements in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent...
From insideHPC
Photonics Compute and Interconnect Startup Lightmatter Raises $154M Series C Funding, Targets HPC and AI Workloads
BOSTON – Photonics computing company Lightmatter announced it has raised $154 million in a Series C investment round, bringing to $270 million that the companyPhotonics...
From The Eponymous Pickle
With Electronics in His Brain, Spine, Paralyzed Man Takes a Stride
With Electronics in His Brain, Spine, Paralyzed Man Takes a StrideThe Washington PostDaniel Gilbert, May 24, 2023An international team of scientists and neurosurgeons...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Peak credentialism
How much is a degree from a prestigious university worth? The answer is a bit difficult to answer because there are many cofounding factors: people from the connected...
From insideHPC
At ISC 2023: A DNN Update on Its Latest High Performance Data Storage/Data Management Solutions for HPC and AI
At ISC 2023, we caught up with DDN Vice President of Marketing Kurt Kuckein on new product offerings from the high performance storage and data management company...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Everyone Wants to Regulate AI. No One Can Agree How
Clear, but essential. Everyone Wants to Regulate AI. No One Can Agree How, By Wired, May 31, 2023Clamping limits on such a nascent technology, even one whose baby...
From Schneier on Security
On the Catastrophic Risk of AI
Earlier this week, I signed on to a short group statement, coordinated by the Center for AI Safety: Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Eight AI Risk Types:
Excerpted from ChatGPT, 6/1/2023, Useful overviewThe “eight AI risk types” framework refers to a categorization proposed by researchers at the Future of Humanity...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The CCC Announces New Council Members for 2023
The Computing Research Association (CRA), in consultation with the National Science Foundation (NSF), has appointed five new members to the Computing Community...
From insideHPC
GPU Cloud Provider CoreWeave Secures $200M Series B Extension
ROSELAND, N.J. — May 31, 2023 — CoreWeave, a specialized cloud provider built for large-scale GPU-accelerated workloads, today announced an additional $200 million...
From insideHPC
PCI-SIG Certifies Achronix VectorPath Accelerator Card for PCIe Gen5 x16 @ 32 GT/s
Santa Clara, Calif., May 22, 2023 – Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, a maker of FPGAs and embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, today announced that its VectorPath accelerator...
From insideHPC
Alces Flight and Deep Green Partner on UK HPC Carbon Output
Bicester, UK and London — May 23, 2023 — The teams at Alces Flight and Deep Green have announced a partnership focused on the use of micro data centres to power...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
A Godlike Heart
A short story by Rafael Pérez y Pérez of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México translated from the original Spanish
From The Eponymous Pickle
City Council Votes to Accept Controversial LAPD Robot Dog
Not what I expected, but very much needed, but how long will it last?City Council Votes to Accept Controversial LAPD Robot DogLos Angeles TimesBrittny Mejia...
From The Eponymous Pickle
TeslaBots Emergent Next year?
Just watched an interview with Musk. Using come of the tech from the car.Tesla Robot: News, Rumors, and Estimated Price, Release Date, and SpecsYes, it's real...
From Schneier on Security
Chinese Hacking of U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Everyone is writing about an interagency and international report on Chinese hacking of US critical infrastructure. Lots of interesting details about how the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Statement on AI Risk
Considerable statement and agreement, Signed by many worldwide. top academics in China. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20wXjWHh2oStatement on AI RiskHassabis...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)