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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 Putting People First
What does it mean to trust a technology?
Trust depends on perceptions of whether sociotechnical systems are seen as beneficial and well-governed as well as whether they work as their designers expect.
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Underwater Sculptures Use Squid Ink for Coloring
The Molinière Underwater Sculpture Park has pieces that are colored in part with squid ink. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
From insideHPC
At SC23: Achronix Talks Turnkey FPGA Solutions for Generative AI
We caught up with Achronix at SC23, the FPGA company that touts its turnkey solutions for generative AI workloads – automatic speech recognition in particular.At...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Chair Review of 2023
It is great to look back on the year to see just how far we have come. This year, new people joined our groups, working groups, and standing committees. The ACM...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Quantum Computing: Potential, Practicality and Perils
The latest episode of Celebrating Technology Leaders focused on Quantum Computing, a relatively new yet fascinating career track. Our panelists How did our panelists...
From Schneier on Security
A Robot the Size of the World
In 2016, I wrote about an Internet that affected the world in a direct, physical manner. It was connected to your smartphone. It had sensors like cameras and thermostats...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 15: a candle: optical fibre, optical illusions
After yesterday’s tinsel image inspiring a cable / broadband speeds themed post, today’s CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar picture of a candle has of course...
From Schneier on Security
Surveillance Cameras Disguised as Clothes Hooks
This seems like a bad idea. And there are ongoing lawsuits against Amazon for selling them.
From insideHPC
Intel Announces AI-Oriented 5th Gen Xeon, Gives Gaudi3 GPU Accelerator Sneak Peak
Gearing up for what it intends to be a multi-horse race in the exploding AI chip sector, Intel today announced a next-generation Xeon enterprise and data center...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 14: Why is your internet so slow + a festive kriss-kross puzzle
Today’s CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar is showing a picture of shiny tinsel, which reminds me a bit of computer cables. At least, enough to theme this...
From insideHPC
How HPC Centers Can Start the Move to Quantum Now
By Mark Mattingley-Scott, Quantum Brilliance -- To get started, it's best HPC center and their customers to go with a small and incremental quantum strategy. AHow...
From Geeking with Greg
Extended book excerpt: Computational propaganda
(This is a long excerpt about manipulation of algorithms by adversaries from my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet...
From Computational Complexity
Respect
I've generally avoided talking about all the events at college campuses in the last few months that came to a head at the congressional hearings last week that...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC and CRA-I Respond to NIH RFI on Developing Consent Language for Research Using Digital Health Technologies
Yesterday, CCC, in collaboration with CRA-Industry (CRA-I), responded to a Request for Information released by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Developing...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Looking Forward to Computer Science Education in 2024
“Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future!” --Niels BohrMy track record at looking forward in CS education is a mixed bag. I kept expecting...
From Schneier on Security
Surveillance by the US Postal Service
This is not about mass surveillance of mail, this is about sorts of targeted surveillance the US Postal Inspection Service uses to catch mail thieves: To track...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 13: woolly hat: warming versus cooling
Welcome to Day 3 of the CS4FN Christmas Computing Advent Calendar. The picture on the ‘box’ was a woolly bobble / pom-pom hat, so let’s see if we can find something...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Measuring the size of the cache line empirically
Our computers do not read or write memory in units of bits or even bytes. Rather memory is accessed in small blocks of memory called “cache line”. For a given system...
From insideHPC
Terra Quantum Launches TQ42 Quantum-as-a-Service Platform
St. Gallen, Switzerland – December 12, 2023 – Quantum softare company Terra Quantum today launched TQ42, a quantum software-as-a-service platform designed to make...
From Schneier on Security