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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 CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Ethics – What would you do? Part 2: answers
Answers to our ethical dilemma quiz from yesterday.
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Call for Nominations: ACM-W Rising Star Award 2024
We are delighted to announce the opening of nominations for the ACM-W Rising Star Award 2024! This prestigious award honors the outstanding contributions of women...
From The Noisy Channel
Random Thoughts on Interestingness
As a computer scientist and an information scientist, I have always been fascinated by fundamental questions of computational complexity and compressibility. These...
From Schneier on Security
Voice Cloning with Very Short Samples
New research demonstrates voice cloning, in multiple languages, using samples ranging from one to twelve seconds. Research paper.
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Ethics – What would you do?
An ethical dilemma quiz with answers coming tomorrow.
From Computational Complexity
A nice dice problem-Part 2
In my last post (see here) I posed a dice problem, promising to give the answer in the next blog which is this blog. Here is the problem from my last blog:-----...
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 the International PolCampaigns Expo (IPE24) in Cape Town, South Africa, January...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
ICTS 2024 — Innovations in Theoretical Computer Science
In case the Berkeley Simons Institute (1/30–2/2) feels warmer than where you are now Venkatesan Guruswami (University of California, Berkeley) is the chair of the...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Estimating your memory bandwidth
One of the limitations of a compute is the memory bandwidth. For the scope of this article, I define “memory bandwidth” as the maximal number of bytes you can bring...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid from Newfoundland in the 1800s
Interesting article, with photographs. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my...
From insideHPC
Google Cloud Waves Exit Fees
Starting January 11, Google Cloud customers who wish to stop using Google Cloud and migrate their data to another cloud provider and/or on premises, can take advantage...
From Geeking with Greg
My book, Algorithms and Misinformation
Misinformation and disinformation are the biggest problems on the internet. To solve a problem, you need to understand the problem. In Algorithms and Misinformation...
From insideHPC
Google in $1.67B AI Chip Patent Infringement Trial
Designing an AI specialty chip that gains traction is a sure way to riches. That’s why so much money – $1.67 billion – is at stake in a patent infringement lawsuit...
From insideHPC
Open Compute Project: Inaugural Advisory Board Applications Deadline Feb. 7
Jan. 12, 2024 — The Open Compute Project announced the formation of its inaugural advisory board. “In an effort to foster diversity and inclusivity in other market...
From Schneier on Security
On IoT Devices and Software Liability
New law journal article: Smart Device Manufacturer Liability and Redress for Third-Party Cyberattack Victims Abstract: Smart devices are used to facilitate cyberattacks...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Starting an ACM-W Professional Chapter
By Bettina Bair On November 6, 2023, the Central Ohio ACM-W Professional Chapter was officially chartered by ACM’s Chief Operating Officer, becoming the third active...
From insideHPC
DOE ASCR Program Announces $60M for Advanced Scientific Computing Proposals
The Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR ) program in the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Office of Science has announces its interest in advanced scientific computing...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Implementing the missing sign instruction in AVX-512
Intel and AMD have expanded the x64 instruction sets over time. In particular, the SIMD (Single instruction, multiple data) instructions have become progressively...
From insideHPC
PASQAL Partners with Mila for Generative Modeling in Quantum AI
Sherbrooke, Quebec, January 11, 2024 — AI research institute Mila announ ced a partnership with neutral atom quantum computing company PASQAL to exploratore enhancing...
From insideHPC