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Era of Borderless Data Is Ending
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Era of Borderless Data Is Ending

How will control be applied?  Era of Borderless Data Is EndingThe New York Times, David McCabe; Adam Satariano, May 23, 2022More than 50 countries, including France...

UK Says No to AI Patents
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UK Says No to AI Patents

Contrary to the US it currently seems.UK decides AI still cannot patent inventions  By Chris Vallance in the BBC, Technology reporterThe UK's Intellectual Property...

Harvard Predicts Happiness
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Harvard Predicts Happiness

 How specific or Even Specifically Useful?Harvard Developed AI Identifies the Shortest Path to Human HappinessTOPICS:Artificial IntelligenceHarvard Medical SchoolMachine...

Meta and Self Supervised AI
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Meta and Self Supervised AI

 More Meta AI?Meta’s AI Takes an Unsupervised Step Forward In the quest for human-level intelligent AI, Meta is betting on self-supervised learning    BY  ELIZA...

Don't Fall for Quantum Hype:   Hossenfelder
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Don't Fall for Quantum Hype: Hossenfelder

Another excellent short Youtube talk here: By Sabine Hossenfelder Don't Fall for quantum Hype  https://youtu.be/b-aGIvUomTACheck out the physics courses that IWhat...

Using Light, Sound to Reveal Rapid Brain Activity in Detail
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Using Light, Sound to Reveal Rapid Brain Activity in Detail

Faster detail in photo microscopy.  Note also use of sound.  Using Light, Sound to Reveal Rapid Brain Activity in Unprecedented Detail   By Duke Biomedical Engineering...

Quadcopter Drone does Air, Water,  Over and Under, Even Hitches a ride.
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Quadcopter Drone does Air, Water, Over and Under, Even Hitches a ride.

 Expecting  many more updates in drone autonomy, flexibilityA quadcopter that works in the air and underwater and also has a suction cup for hitching a ride on ...

Cognitive Bias in Software Development
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Cognitive Bias in Software Development

Intro to research paper in ACM, considerable, technical, worth understandingCognitive Biases in Software DevelopmentBy Souti Chattopadhyay, Nicholas Nelson, Audrey...

We are Training Much Faster  Now
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We are Training Much Faster Now

Faster, better training is here outlined and described. We’re Training AI Twice as Fast This Year as Last New MLPerf rankings show training times plunging     By...

Microsoft AI Spots Ransomware?
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Microsoft AI Spots Ransomware?

 Have not heard much of this elsewhere.How Microsoft's AI spots ransomware attacks before they even get started   in ZDNetMicrosoft is targeting human-operatedWritten...

Wal-Mart Adds Cloud Capabilities
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Wal-Mart Adds Cloud Capabilities

 Wal-Mart Adds Cloud Capabilities and takes control  ACM TECHNEWSWalmart Amps Up Cloud Capabilities, Reducing Reliance on Tech GiantsBy The Wall Street JournalRetailer...

First CRISPR Gene Editing Drug
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First CRISPR Gene Editing Drug

Pharma advances  The first CRISPR gene-editing drug, designed to treat blood disorders, could be on the market by 2023. Here’s what it means for the future of drug...

Using Makeup to Defeat Suveillance
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Using Makeup to Defeat Suveillance

Considerable and technical piece in the current  CACM.    Consider the implications.  Short intro: Using Makeup to Block Surveillance     By Esther SheinCommunications...

Intel Announces Silicon Photonics
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Intel Announces Silicon Photonics

 Quite interesting from IntelIntel announces silicon photonics advancement towards optical I/OArne Verheyde @witeken in VenturebeatIntel has demonstrated an eight...

Examining AI Liability
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Examining AI Liability

 Good overview of the topic and related liability issues, we looked at this in early AI and analytical applications. Now especially applicable in automated vehicles...

Soft Robot Made of Magnetic Slime
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Soft Robot Made of Magnetic Slime

More small and soft robotics.  Healthcare?  Note possible use. Researchers in Hong Kong create 'soft robot' made of magnetic slimeResearchers at The Chinese University...

Kellogg is Splitting into 3 Companies:
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Kellogg is Splitting into 3 Companies:

 Quite unexpected, a major CPG.    Can we expect more?  Kellogg is splitting into 3 companies: Here’s what each one will focus onThe cereal giant will become three...

Studying Very Large Genomic Datasets
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Studying Very Large Genomic Datasets

 Note addressing very large datasets, likely AI applications.  Scientists Develop Algorithms to Study Genomic DataUCLA Samueli School of Engineering, June 28, 2022...

NIST Tracks Software for Investigations
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NIST Tracks Software for Investigations

Broader than just software related aspects it seems,  digital files in any criminal  investigation,  will this lead to privacy objections? NIST Update to Software...

TikTok a Dangerous Risk?
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TikTok a Dangerous Risk?

 Following up on this.   My guess it would be very hard now to get significant number of folks to delete it.Is TikTok Seriously Dangerous—Do You Need To DeleteZak...
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