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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 …
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ESG: Environmental, Society and Governance
OK, I admit I had to look up the definition of ESG. Yes, all three things are important to manage carefully. We did in the enterprise. I was part of one aspect...
From The Noisy Channel
Content Moderation
Many platforms, particularly social media sites and ecommerce marketplaces, establish policies to determine what they consider acceptable content. These platforms...
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Algorithmic Anxiety
Overblown.The Age of Algorithmic AnxietyBy The New Yorker, July 29, 2022It can feel as though every app is trying to guess what you want before your brain has time...
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3D Artificial Pneumatic Muscles
Robotic applications 3D Artificial Pneumatic Muscles for Future 'Makers'IIT - Italian Institute of Technology, August 30, 2022Researchers at Italy's Istituto Italiano...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Names Have Power – Names and Programming
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" William Shakespeare.There are cultures where people have a sort of public name and a secret or true name that is...
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Hardware Offers Faster Computation for AI with Much Less Energy
Another dip into analog computing? Hardware Offers Faster Computation for AI with Much Less EnergyMIT News, Adam Zewe, July 28, 2022Researchers at the Massachusetts...
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3D Printing Process Faster, More Precise Than Conventional Methods
Seems complex, but perhaps a game changer for 3D printing. 3D Printing Process Faster, More Precise Than Conventional MethodsRutgers TodayGreg Bruno, August 1,...
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AI Animal Translation
Can see how this could be done, to map to behavior, context, but how consistent?The Animal Translators By The New York TimesThe naked mole rat may not be much...
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Cell Factory Modeling
Predicting how fast and efficiently enzymes work.ACM TECHNEWSAlgorithm Uncovers Secrets of Cell FactoriesBy Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), September...
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Highlights Risks of Quantum Simulation Technology
Tech Bulletin form ACM Policy Council (TPC) ACM TechBrief Highlights Risks of Quantum Simulation TechnologyACMAugust 2, 2022A technical bulletin from ACM's Technology...
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AI Helped Create a Vaccine
I Was There When: AI Helped Create a VaccineBy In Machines We Trust in ACM OpinionSeptember 1, 2022As soon as the first genetic sequence of the COVID-19 virus was...
From insideHPC
DOE: $23.9M for Data Management and Scientific Data Visualization Research
Sept. 1, 2022 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $23.9 million in funding for 10 projects in advanced scientific data management and visualization...
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HPC-AI Chips in the News: NVIDIA, AMD Ensnared in US-China Trade War; Arm Sues Qualcomm
NVIDIA and AMD, makers of advanced GPUs used in HPC-AI workloads, became embroiled this week in the deteriorating relations and ongoing trade war between the US...
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NFTs Targeted
Laundering of assets via NFTs seen. NFTs Increasingly Targeted by CriminalsBy The Wall Street JournalAugust 30, 2022Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic warned...
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Streetlights as Wi-Fi Hotspots
Generally useful? Ultimately automotive application?Streetlight Wi-Fi Hotspots: A Bright Ideain IEEE Spectrum, Charles Q. Choi, August 30, 2022A new algorithm...
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Face Recognition Struggles to Recognize Us After Five Years
Useful indication of how this changesFace Recognition Struggles to Recognize Us After Five YearsNew ScientistMatthew Sparkes, August 24, 2022A test designed by...
From Computational Complexity
The NIST Process for Post-Quantum Cryptography
Guest post by Jonathan KatzOver the past few months there have been several interesting developments in the NIST post-quantum standardization process.By way ofShor's...
From insideHPC
SiMa.ai Ships ML SoC Platform for Embedded Edge Applications
SAN JOSE — August 30, 2022 — Edge machine learning company SiMa.ai today announced it has begun shipping what the company said is the industry’s first purpose-built...
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Robot Dogs Learning Tough Terrain
Been following this for some time, and potential uses. Robot Dog Learns to Walk Tough Terrain in 20 MinutesNew Scientist, Alex Wilkins, August 26, 2022Researchers...
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