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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 Schneier on Security
Microsoft Is Adding New Cryptography Algorithms
Microsoft is updating SymCrypt, its core cryptographic library, with new quantum-secure algorithms. Microsoft’s details are here. From a news article: The first...
From insideHPC
BQP Reports on Aircraft CFD Simulations with Quantum Computing
New York, September 12, 2024 – BQP, a startup developing quantum-based engineering simulations, today announced what it said is a research milestone for simulating...
From insideHPC
Aramco and Cerebras Sign AI MoU
SUNNYVALE, Calif. & RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Cerebras Systems today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Aramco under which they aim to bring...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Working in Computer Science: An Autistic Perspective (Part 2)
by Daniel Gill, Queen Mary University of London In Part 1, we spoke to Stephen Parry about his experiences of working in computer science as an autistic person....
From insideHPC
Kong Updates Its Cloud API Platform for AI
SAN FRANCISCO, September 11, 2024 – Kong Inc., a developer of cloud API technologies, today announced the launch of the latest version of Kong Konnect, its APIKong...
From insideHPC
IonQ and the University of Maryland in $9M Quantum Partnership
COLLEGE PARK, MD – Sept. 11, 2024 – Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) and the University of Maryland today announced an agreement to expand their partnership...
From insideHPC
Oracle Announces Zettascale Cloud Supercomputing Cluster with 131,000 Nvidia Blackwells
Oracle today announced what it said is the first zettascale cloud HPC cluster, powered by Nvidia’s forthcoming Blackwell GPUs, scheduled for shipment in the first...
From Computational Complexity
Natural Proofs is Not the Barrier You Think It Is
If there's a position where I differ from most other complexity theorists it's that I don't believe that natural proofs present a significant barrier to proving...
From Schneier on Security
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Reward Modeling of Generative AI Systems
New research evaluating the effectiveness of reward modeling during Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF): “SEAL: Systematic Error Analysis for Value...
From insideHPC
Qumulo Announces Cloud Native Unstructured Data System on AWS
SEATTLE – 10 September 2024 – Cloud data platforms company Qumulo today announced the availability of Cloud Native Qumulo (CNQ) on Amazon Web Services. This release...
From insideHPC
Gates Launches Data Master Hose for Data Center Cooling
DENVER, Sept. 10, 2024 — Power transmission and fluid power product maker Gates (NYSE: GTES) announced the launch of the Data Master Data Center Cooling Hose. This...
From insideHPC
ISC 2025 Is Open for Submissions
The ISC 2025 Contributed Program is now open for submissions. Scientists and engineers from academia, industry and government are invited to submit proposals. The...
From insideHPC
SambaNova Launches AI Inference Cloud Platform
PALO ALTO, CA — Sept. 10th, 2024 — AI chips and models company SambaNova Systems announced SambaNova Cloud AI inference service powered by its SN40L AI chip. The...
From insideHPC
DDC Expands Engineering Leadership Team
Sept. 10, 2024 – San Diego – DDC Solutions, formerly DDC Cabinet Technology, maker of hybrid liquid-air cooling cabinet technology and dynamic monitoring and management...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Fight Against Human Trafficking
In March 2020, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) partnered with the Code 8.7 Initiative to bring together over fifty experts from the computing research...
From The Noisy Channel
All Else Equal
In The Three-Body Problem, Liu Cixin describes how an alien species drives scientists to suicide by making it impossible for them to produce consistent experimental...
From Schneier on Security
New Chrome Zero-Day
According to Microsoft researchers, North Korean hackers have been using a Chrome zero-day exploit to steal cryptocurrency.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Replace strings by views when you can
C++ programmers tend to represent strings using the std::string class. Though the implementation might vary, each instance of an std::string might use 32 bytes....
From insideHPC
DOE Announces $68M for AI for Scientific Research
September 5, 2024, WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Energy announced $68 million in funding for 11 AI for science multi-institution projects, comprising...
From Schneier on Security