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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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On Investment in Explainable AI
Needs always to be explained in its usage and risk contexts.AI Is Explaining Itself to Humans. It's Paying Off. By Reuters, April 15, 2022, CommentsStartups and...
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Nvidia and OVX System for Digital Twins
Recall our early use of twin style simulation models.Nvidia Unveils OVX System Purpose-Built for Industrial Digital TwinsBy Jaime Hampton in DatanamiTuesday at...
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1-week long Summer School for Ugrads Interested in Theory, and my comments on it
Recently a grad student in CS at UMCP emailed me the following email he got, thinking (correctly) that I should forward it to interested ugrads. --------------...
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Optimizing Resource Utilization and Maximizing ROI with Composable Infrastructure
In this sponsored post, Silicon Mechanics discusses how today’s IT organizations must maximize their resource utilization to deliver the computing capabilitiesOptimizing...
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Big Robots in Dallas Airport
7 foot tall? Already intimidating. See the link to the SCOT system for more details.7-Foot-Tall Robots Watch for Unmasked Travelers, Curbside Loiterers ByTwo...
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How do Customers React to Requests Evaluated by Algorithm?
Interesting piece. How Do Customers React When Their Requests Are Evaluated by Algorithms? in MIT SloanReviewResearch shows that when it comes to anticipatingGizem...
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Detecting Viruses in Saliva
Sensor application in h\HealthcareComputer Made From DNA-Coated Beads Could Detect Viruses in SalivaNew Scientist, Carissa Wong,March 28, 2022Emory University's...
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The Nature of a Distributed Ckoud
A cloud is a slippery thing. What is a Distributed Cloud? by 7wDataExcitement regarding the possibilities of the cloud has never been greater, and that sentiment...
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HSBC Working with IBM for Quantum Computing Readiness
More collaborations to being Quantum forward. HSBC Working with IBM to Accelerate Quantum Computing ReadinessBy IBM, March 30, 2022 HSBC and IBM yesterday announced...
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Amazon Drone Causes Brush Fire
Likely this can be protected against. Will Amazon Have Ground its Drone Program? by Matthew Stern in RetailwireIt was not so long ago that package deliveryAmazon...
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AI in a Jar, a Thought Experiment
Thoughtful, with link to comments The AI in a Jar, By TechTalks April 15, 2022The "brain in a jar" is a thought experiment of a disembodied human brain living...
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Energy Malware Sabotage
Note link to PLCs, common in all industry. U.S. Warns Newly Discovered Malware Could Sabotage Energy PlantsThe Washington Post, Joseph Menn, April 13, 2022U.S....
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Quantum Datacenter Intranet Advances
More global advances:Quantum Datacenter Intranet AdvancesBy R. Colin Johnson, Commissioned by CACM Staff, April 14, 2022U.S., European Union, and Japanese researchers...
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Have Phones Become too Smart?
No, Don't think so, just need to be better tailored to needs. extract from ACM NEWSHave iPhone Cameras Become Too Smart?, By The New YorkerIn late 2020,Apple...
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Novel Password Phishing
Security issue.A password phishing site that can trick even savvy users in ArsTechncaJust when you thought you'd seen every phishing trick out there, BitB...
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Location Privacy Challenged by Data From Friends, Strangers
Data From Friends, Strangers Shows Where You AreFuturity.org, Lindsey Valich, April 11, 2022An international team of scientists determined that data from friends...
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DOE Announces $26M for Data Management and Scientific Data Visualization Research
April 15, 2022 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $26 million for research to advance scientific data management and visualization. Foundational...
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Quantinuum Announces Quantum Volume 4096 Achievement
Quantum computing development company Quantinuum announced that the System Model H1-2 doubled its performance “to become the first commercial quantum computer to...
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DOE: $40M Funding Opportunity for Mathematical Multifaceted Capability Centers
April 15, 2022 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $40 million for fundamental mathematics research on problems of interest to the DOE that require...
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