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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
CEA-Leti Paper Reports Memristor-Based Bayesian Neural Network Implementation
GRENOBLE, France – Dec. 7, 2023 – A team comprising CEA-Leti, CEA-List and two CNRS laboratories has published a paper in Nature Communications presenting whatCEA...
From Schneier on Security
Spying through Push Notifications
When you get a push notification on your Apple or Google phone, those notifications go through Apple and Google servers. Which means that those companies can spy...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
Call for Applications for ACM-W Rising Star Committee Chair
Deadline: 22nd of January, 2024 Apply here ACM-W (ACM Women in Computing) seeks applicants for the next ACM-W Rising Star Committee Chair. The ACM-W Rising Star...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 7: Computing for the birds: dawn chorus, birds as data carriers and a Google April Fool (plus a puzzle!)
Welcome to Day 7 of our advent calendar. Yesterday’s post was about Printed Circuit Birds Boards, today’s theme is the Christmas robin redbreast which featuresContinue...
From insideHPC
Quantum: Harvard, QuEra, MIT and NIST/University of Maryland Announce Error-Corrected Algorithms on 48 Qubits
BOSTON, December 6, 2023 – Neutral-atom quantum company QuEra Computing today announced what the company said is a quantum computing breakthrough, published inQuantum...
From insideHPC
Taking on NVIDIA: AMD Announces Availability of MI300 GPU Accelerators
After years of NVIDIA having its dominant way in the GPU AI chip market -- a market that has exploded over the last 12 months with the emergence of generative AI...
From Schneier on Security
Security Analysis of a Thirteenth-Century Venetian Election Protocol
Interesting analysis: This paper discusses the protocol used for electing the Doge of Venice between 1268 and the end of the Republic in 1797. We will show that...
From Computational Complexity
Do We Need to Formalize?
Back in the 1990s I explored the system Nuprl for formalizing mathematical proofs. We had a theoretical paper on quickly checking a proof and I wanted to see if...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Responds to OMB RFC on Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of AI Draft Policy
Yesterday, December 5, CCC submitted a response to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s Request for Comments (RFC) on Advancing Governance, Innovation, and...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 6: patterned bauble: tracing patterns in computing – printed circuit boards, spotting links and a puzzle for tourists
Patterned baubles reminded us of printed circuit boards, and a puzzle to do with maps.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
How fast can you validate UTF-8 strings in JavaScript?
When you recover textual content from the disk or from the network, you may expect it to be a Unicode string in UTF-8. It is the most common format. Unfortunately...
From insideHPC
Nexusflow Unveils Open-source Generative AI Model
PALO ALTO, Calif. – Dec. 5, 2023 – Nexusflow, a generative AI company targeting the cybersecurity industry, today announced the release of NexusRaven-V2, a 13-billion...
From insideHPC
Micron Announces Shipment of Micron 3500 Client SSD
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 05, 2023 — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced it is shipping the Micron 3500 NVMe SSD, which leverages its 232-layer NANDMicron...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: Bonuses and promotions causing bad incentives
(This is an excerpt from my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It") Bonuses are a powerful incentive...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Deadline Approaching for Nominations for CRA-WP Early Career Awards
The following was adapted from content originally posted on the CRA-WP website by Lauren Lashlee, Program Associate. CRA’s Widening Participation Committee (CRA...
From Schneier on Security
The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. AI Will Enable Mass Spying
Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired a private detective to spy on you, that detective could hide a bug in your home or car, tap...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
CS4FN Advent 2023 – Day 5: snowman: analog hydraulic computers (aka water computers), digital compression, and a puzzle
We recommend keeping water (and snow) away from devices, but did you know you can make computers out of water?!
From insideHPC
Algorithmiq in Quantum Utility Path Demonstration with IBM Quantum
Helsinki and Yorktown, Virginia December 4, 2023: Algorithmiq, a scaleup developing quantum algorithms for life sciences, said it has run one of the largest scale...
From insideHPC
IBM Quantum Debuts 133-Qubit Processor and Quantum System Two
Today, at its annual IBM Quantum Summit in New York, the company debuted the 133-qubit Quantum Heron, the first in what IBM said will be a series of utility-scale...
From Geeking with Greg