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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
Building a Better Wallet
Digital wallets in the past have been insecure on some systems, and they are the primary user interface into cryptocurrency. Square is building a hardware crypto...
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Identification Improvements Using Blurred Fingerprints
Fingerprint clear up analysis. An example of the use of Generative Adversarial Networks. But note the comment on auditing the results in court.AI Clears UpNew...
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Challenge for Learning from Human Feedback using Minecraft
Berkeley Bair challenge competition here using a common gaming environment. Been a long time since I looked at Minecraft. Short extract of the idea below, more...
From insideHPC
OCP Announces Leadership Changes
July 8, 2021 — The OCP Foundation and board of directors is excited to announce that Rebecca Weekly was elected to the position of chairperson of the Open Compute...
From insideHPC
Strangeworks Launches Early Access to Qiskit Runtime from IBM Quantum
July 8, 2021 – Austin-based quantum computing software company Strangeworks has announced it’s the first IBM partner to offer early preview access to Qiskit Runtime...
From insideHPC
DOE Awards $15.6M for Climate Modeling
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today awarded $15.6 million for new research studying the properties, formation, and interactions between atmospheric clouds...
From insideHPC
TACC’s Stampede2 HPC Helps ID New RNA Molecules for Disease Study
Researchers at Ghent University, Amsterdam University of Medicine, National Chiao Tung University, UNSW Sydney, Illumina, and the Baylor College of Medicine have...
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Algorithmic Impact Assessments
Welcome to Algorithmic Impact Assessments. I should note that I have done optimization and statistical models for decades, and this has very, very rarely come...
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IBM Using Blockchain for Validation
A trust/validation type of application for blockchain. In CoindeskIBM, Heifer International to Assist Honduras Farmers Access Global Markets Using Blockchain...
From insideHPC
Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350 Edge Servers Certified to Run Sunlight NexVisor for IoT and AI
July 08, 2021, Cambridge, England — Sunlight.io, the edge infrastructure company, today announced that it has certified Lenovo’s compact edge compute server — the...
From insideHPC
ColdQuanta Claims ‘Cold Atom’ Quantum Milestone
ColdQuanta said it has achieved a quantum computing milestone by trapping and addressing 100 qubits in a large, dense 2-D cold atom array. Scheduled for availability...
From Schneier on Security
Details of the REvil Ransomware Attack
ArsTechnica has a good story on the REvil ransomware attack of last weekend, with technical details: This weekend’s attack was carried out with almost surgical...
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Will AI Rewrite Coding?
Inclined to think so. Increase efficiency, prevent errors and better ensure secure practices. Below intro describes the current progress and direction. Starting...
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Automotive Cybersecurity
Vehicles in particular will require specialized cybersecurity as their autonomy increases.Keeping Control of the Wheel By David Geer in ACMThe rising need for...
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Victims Unaware
Surprising given todays world. Data Breaches: Most Victims Unaware When Shown Evidence of Multiple Compromised AccountsBy University of Michigan News, June 23,Most...
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Humanoid Pepper Robot Pauses
Saw this demonstrated shortly after its creation. An example of a humanoid robot we thought of using in the retail aisle. Saw it demonstrated in Japan. Mostly...
From insideHPC
Argonne-led Team of Scientists Use AI to Detect Gravitational Waves
JULY 6, 2021 — When gravitational waves were first detected in 2015 by the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), they sent a ripple...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks (D-ISN) Program
The following National Science Foundation (NSF) Disrupting Operations of Illicit Supply Networks (D-ISN) program has an upcoming deadline of July 28, 2021, and...
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For Those Seeking Chatbot ROI
Good general piece on approaches and the ROI of Chatbots. Could be a good place to start. From the Alexa Blog, but appears to be regularly applicable ... Chatbot...
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