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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 …
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David Padua to Receive Ken Kennedy HPC Award
David A. Padua, professor emeritus in Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has been named the recipient of the 2024 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy...
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The Next Big Interconnect Technology Could Be Plastic
.... large language models and generative AI applications are driving hyperscalers to adopt a new data center-scale switch fabric, called the AI backend network...
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NCSA and CliMAS to Host Climate Supercomputing Summit Sept. 29-Oct. 2
Champaign-Urbana, IL, Sept. 17, 2024 — The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and the Univerity of Illinois’ Department of Climate, Meteorology...
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e6data Raises $10M for Analytics Engine
San Francisco – September 17, 2024; In today’s digital-first landscape, enterprises rely on powerful data and AI capabilities to fuel innovation, enhance customer...
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ZutaCore and Munters Team on Waterless Data Center Architecture for AI Factories
SAN JOSE, Sept. 17, 2024 — ZutaCore, a provider of direct-to-chip, waterless liquid cooling solutions, and Munters, an air treatment and climate solutions company...
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Firebolt Introduces Cloud Data Warehouse
KIRKLAND, WA, September 17, 2024 — Today, Firebolt announced a data warehouse that the company said delivers low latency analytics with 10x more efficiency. “Built...
From Schneier on Security
Remotely Exploding Pagers
Wow. It seems they all exploded simultaneously, which means they were triggered. Were they each tampered with physically, or did someone figure out how to trigger...
From Schneier on Security
Python Developers Targeted with Malware During Fake Job Interviews
Interesting social engineering attack: luring potential job applicants with fake recruiting pitches, trying to convince them to download malware. From a news article...
From The Noisy Channel
Cold Start, Practical Edition
If you are a search application developer or some other kind of machine learning practitioner, you have probably encountered a cold start problem: launching a data...
From Schneier on Security
Legacy Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance Being Exploited
CISA wants everyone—and government agencies in particular—to remove or upgrade an Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) that is no longer being supported. Welcome...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Q&A: Upcoming CCC Citizen Science Workshop Organizers Give A Sneak Peak
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) will be hosting the Grand Challenges for the Convergence of Computational and Citizen Science Research workshop in-person...
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Q-CTRL Delivering New Services to IBM Quantum Network
Montréal, Sept. 16, 2024 – Quantum sofware company Q-CTRL today announced that it offers two services via IBM’s new Qiskit Functions Catalog to simplify application...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Cooking up computer style
Use the recipe for hummus and tomato pasta to learn about creating a good computer program (and have a delicious meal at the end!).
From Computational Complexity
How will chatGPT affect Homework?
LANCE: I gave my final exam for my ugrad theory course (regular, Context Free, P, NP, Decidable, Undecidable) to the new ChatGPT o1 that claims to reason aboutdo...
From Schneier on Security
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at eCrime 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The event runs from September 24 through...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid as a Legislative Negotiating Tactic
This is an odd story of serving squid during legislative negotiations in the Philippines.
From Schneier on Security
My TedXBillings Talk
Over the summer, I gave a talk about AI and democracy at TedXBillings. The recording is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqC4nb7fLpY”>live. Please share...
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Sept. 29 Registration Deadline for ALCF Virtual Intro to AI-driven Science on Supercomputers
Sept. 13, 2024: The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will host a seven-week virtual training series for undergraduates and graduates on the fundamentals of...
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Quantum Source Raises $50M Series A Funding
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 10, 2024 — Quantum Source, an Israel-based company developing, technology for photonic quantum computers, announced today it has raisedQuantum...
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