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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
$825M Extreme Ultraviolet R&D Facility to Be at Albany NanoTech Complex
The ongoing generative AI revolution as we know it would not be possible without EUV technology, which is used by TSMC, Samsung, Intel and other chip manufacturers...
From Schneier on Security
Tracking World Leaders Using Strava
Way back in 2018, people noticed that you could find secret military bases using data published by the Strava fitness app. Soldiers and other military personalLe...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Q&A: Human-Centered Computer Scientist Shares Thoughts on Effective Voting Systems
In light of a voter software glitch in Indiana, CCC spoke with Human-Centered Computer Scientist Juan Gilbert. Gilbert pioneered a universal voting system that...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Call for Proposals: SAFE-AI: Safety Assurance through Fundamental Science in Emerging AI
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) would like to encourage you to consider submitting a proposal to Schmidt Sciences SAFE-AI: Safety Assurance through Fundamental...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Thank You Rachelle!
In this month’s feature, we spotlight Dr. Rachelle Kristof Hippler, who has dedicated her time and efforts through an impressive range of leadership roles at ACM...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Understanding the role models that inspire women to study Computing Science
By Matthew Barr, Lewis Binnie, Elizabeth Jacobs, Kristina Pavlou, and Kathleen West, Education & Practice Section, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow...
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D-Wave Announces Appointment of Two New Board Members
PALO ALTO, Calif. — October 30, 2024 — D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) today announced the appointments of John DiLullo and Rohit Ghai, to its board of directors...
From Yoshua Bengio
Implications of Artificial General Intelligence on National and International Security
This paper was initially published by the Aspen Strategy Group (ASG), a policy program of the Aspen Institute. It was released as part of a… L’article Implications...
From Schneier on Security
Simpson Garfinkel on Spooky Cryptographic Action at a Distance
Excellent read. One example: Consider the case of basic public key cryptography, in which a person’s public and private key are created together in a single operation...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Key Computing Takeaways on Voter Software Glitch
An incident involving an Indiana University student who was turned away from the polls due to a software glitch has sparked significant conversation about the integrity...
From Computational Complexity
FOCS 2024
Junior/Senior lunch in 80°F Chicago Last summer I attended the Complexity Conference in Ann Arbor for the first time in eight years largely because it was within...
From insideHPC
WEKA Introduces Appliances for Enterprise AI Deployments
CAMPBELL, Calif., October 30, 2024— AI data platform company WekaIO unveiled two WEKApod data platform appliances today: the WEKApod Nitro for large-scale enterprise...
From insideHPC
Scality Announces All-Flash Object Store for AI
SAN FRANCISCO – October 30, 2024 – Storage software company Scality today unveiled RING XP, an all-flash configuration of its RING storage software engineeredScality...
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Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium Incorporates
Beaverton, Ore. – October 29, 2024 – The Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Consortium, led by board members from AMD, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Astera Labs, Cisco...
From insideHPC
Infineon Unveils Thin Silicon Wafer for AI Data Centers
Infineon Technologies AG announced it has unveiled an advance in handling and processing "the thinnest silicon power wafers ever manufactured," with a thickness...
From insideHPC
Intersect360 Research Issues Report on Issues Facing HPC-AI Industry
SUNNYVALE, CA—October 29, 2024— HPC-AI industry analyst firm Intersect360 Research has released a new report titled Issues Facing the HPC-AI Industry: InsightsIntersect360...
From Schneier on Security
Law Enforcement Deanonymizes Tor Users
The German police have successfully deanonymized at least four Tor users. It appears they watch known Tor relays and known suspects, and use timing analysis towritten...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Council Members Discuss Upcoming SuperComputing Conference Panel
CCC is pleased to announce that last week council members Michela Taufer and Chandra Krintz published an article in Inside AI News to discuss their upcoming panel...
From Schneier on Security
Criminals Are Blowing up ATMs in Germany
It’s low tech, but effective. Why Germany? It has more ATMs than other European countries, and—if I read the article right—they have more money in them.
From insideHPC