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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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VR 'Shopping Task' Could Help Test for Cognitive Decline in Adults
Does not sound surprising, is it the best measure? VR 'Shopping Task' Could Help Test for Cognitive Decline in AdultsBy King's College London (U.K.) News Center...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
New Tests on Universal Acceptance (UA) Conformance of Programming Languages and Libraries Published
By the UASG Technology Working Group Since the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) was formed in 2015, it has focused on raising awareness of Universal Acceptance...
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DOE: $150M for Chemical and Materials Science to Cut Climate Impacts of Energy Technologies and Manufacturing
Feb. 22, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $150 million in open funding for research projects focused on increasing efficiency and curbing...
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How will China Regulate AI
Regulation will be a good indication of the direction and seriousness of putting automated 'intelligence into IT functionality. China Is About to Regulate AI—and...
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Ruling the Metaverse
Or will it be one of the current big IT players?Will BestBuy Rule the MetaVerse? Matthew Stern in RetailwireWith more people than ever talking about an impending...
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Exascale Computing Project Brings Hardware-Accelerated Optimizations to MPICH Library
The MPICH library is one of the most popular implementations of MPI.[i] Primarily developed at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) with contributions from external...
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Non Human Expression Ineligible for Copyright Protection
US at least finding in this case The US Copyright Office says an AI can’t copyright its artBy Adi Robertson@thedextriarchyThe US Copyright Office has rejectedCreativity...
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NSF Extends TACC’S Stampede2 HPC System through mid-2023
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) has announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has extended operational funding for the Stampede2 supercomputer...
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Shape Shifting Robots
Saw early work in Japan leading in this direction. Notable for there human interaction. Shape-shifting Robots Adapt With Cleverly Designed Bodies, Grippers Robots...
From Computational Complexity
I will be on Instagram/If you have two reals in a box.... (Guest Post by David Marcus)
I will be on instragram:We, Prof. Mohammad Hajiaghayi and Prof. William Gasarch plan to have an Instagram Live at @mhajiaghayi this SAT FEB 26, 1:30PM EDT (inhere...
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Economists Look at Robotics Surge
More on the topic of robotics influencing employment.Economists Are Revising Their Views on Robots and JobsBy The Economist, February 16, 2022When the pandemicThe...
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Firefox Browser Losing its Users?
Being influenced by browsers like MS Edge pushing theirs?Is Firefox Okay?By Wired, February 17, 2022At the end of 2008, Firefox was flying high. Twenty percent...
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MIT's Twist Quantum Programming Language
Meet Twist: MIT’s Quantum Programming Language Keeping tabs on data entanglement keeps reins on buggy quantum code RINA DIANE CABALLARA team of researchers...
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Ordering Sat Imagery
SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR EVERYONEHere’s how you can order up a high-resolution image of any place on Earth in IEEE SectrumEVERY DAY, SATELLITES circling overheadThat...
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Log4 Security Challenge
Good overview and prediction of its incfluenceA Source of Security Challenges for Years to ComeBy David Geer, Commissioned by CACM Staff, February 17, 2022"Log4Shell...
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Robots not Coming?
Takeover no, but they will be here, collaborating. The Robots Are Not Coming (?) Those predictions of a robot takeover may not come to fruition.By Efraim Benmelech...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
The Canadian Common CV and the captured academy
Most Canadian academics have to write their resumes using a government online tool called the Common CV. When it was first introduced, it was described as a time...
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
News from Africa
Submitted by Abigail Oppong, Ashesi University ACM-W Student Chapter, GhanaEdited by Jennifer Goodall, ACM-W Connections Newsletter Editor Over the years, the ACM...
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Dell Technologies Interview: Wirth Research Talks (and Walks) HPC for Cutting Carbon Footprints
[Sponsored Content] In this interview, part of our series conducted on behalf of Dell Technologies, UK-based engineering firm Wirth Research talks about usingDell...
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