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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 insideHPC
HPC News Bytes 20240212: Honda Taps Cadence CFD Supercomputer, Chip Industry Gyrations, Yelick in ISC Spotlight
Good day-after-Super-Bowl morning to you! It was an interesting week in HPC-AI last week, here’s a quick (5:47) run through some of the latest goings on: HondaHPC...
From Computational Complexity
Are there any REAL applications of Graph Isomorphism?
Lance's post on Babai's result on Graph Isomorphism (henceforth GI) inspired some random thoughts on GI. (Lance's post is here.) 1) Here is a conversation withOrganic...
From Putting People First
Applying AI in UX research
Practitioners praise some efficiency gains in process tasks, but are skeptical about the real value in analysis and insight gathering, despite the many marketing...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Stop Cheating—Again
More than just stopping carelessness Sholto David is featured in this past Tuesday’s New York Times Science section for his work on cheating in papers on medical...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: A Penguin Named “Squid”
Amusing story about a penguin named “Squid.” As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read...
From insideHPC
Trillions for Chips: A Roiled Semiconductor Industry Strains to Meet AI Demand
We’re seeing the chip industry’s version of the scientific aphorism: “nature hates a vacuum.” The vacuum is the short supply of – and vast demand for – AI chips...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
JSON Parsing: Intel Sapphire Rapids versus AMD Zen 4
Intel has release a new generation of server processors (Sapphire Rapids) while the latest AMD technology (Zen 4) is now broadly available. There are extensiveContinue...
From Schneier on Security
No, Toothbrushes Were Not Used in a Massive DDoS Attack
The widely reported story last week that 1.5 million smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDoS attack is false. Near as I can tell, a German reporter talking...
From insideHPC
Dell: Omnia Copes with the Complexity of Configuring HPC-AI Environments
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] Computer scientist Alan Perlis said fools ignore complexity while pragmatists suffer it. But when it comes to the complexity of configuring...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Lego Computer Science: Turing Machines Part 3: the program
by Paul Curzon, Queen Mary University of London We have so far built the hardware of a Lego Turing Machine. Next we need the crucial part: software. It needs aContinue...
From insideHPC
EuroHPC Issues Call to Host Industrial Supercomputers: March 4 Deadline
Feb. 8, 2024 — The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has launched a call for expression of interest to select hosting entities for industrial-grade supercomputers...
From insideHPC
Sylabs Announces SingularityCE 4.1.0
Reno, NV – (February 8, 2024) – Sylabs, a provider of tools and services for performance-intensive container technology, announced the release of SingularityCESylabs...
From Schneier on Security
On Software Liabilities
Over on Lawfare, Jim Dempsey published a really interesting proposal for software liability: “Standard for Software Liability: Focus on the Product for Liability...
From insideHPC
IBM AIU SoC Cluster to be Installed at Univ. of Albany
IBM's long, slow climb back into advanced computing prominence took a turn yesterday with news from the University at Albany that it will be the first academicIBM...
From insideHPC
European Research Consortium Reports Sustainable Fuel Progress Using HPC
A European research consortium has announced progress in the development of sustainable fuels. CoEC reported what it said is a “notable breakthrough” linked toEuropean...
From Computational Complexity
Favorite Theorems: Graph Isomorphism
We start our favorite theorems of the last decade with a blockbuster improvement in a long-standing problem. Graph Isomorphism in Quasipolynomial Time by László...
From Schneier on Security
Teaching LLMs to Be Deceptive
Interesting research: “Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training“: Abstract: Humans are capable of strategically deceptive behavior...
From Putting People First
[Book] Avoiding the news
Drawing on interviews in Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States as well as extensive survey data, the book explains why and how so many people consume...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
UASG Publishes 2023 Universal Acceptance Activities Report
By the UASG 2023 was a milestone year for Universal Acceptance (UA). From local awareness and training sessions around the world to the inaugural UA Day, global...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog