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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Considering Noto Fonts
Brought to my attention regarding multi lingual font support;How to find Noto in Google Docs, Slides, Sheets and Sites in the Google Blog. See also https://en...
From The Eponymous Pickle
GLM-130B: An Open Bilingual Pre-Trained Model
Linguists building and using AI language models. Commented on here in Upenn's Language Log. GLM-130B: An Open Bilingual Pre-Trained ModelJanuary 25, 2023 @ 9...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Scientists Communicating with the Public
Just introduced to:Issues in Science and Technology Mental Models for Scientists Communicating With the PublicKARA MORGAN, BARUCH FISCHHOFFScientists regularly...
From Schneier on Security
Passwords Are Terrible (Surprising No One)
This is the result of a security audit: More than a fifth of the passwords protecting network accounts at the US Department of the Interior—including Password1234...
From Putting People First
The price of the commoditisation of UX design
Cornelius Rachieru describes the current trend of extreme commoditisation of UX design in corporate environments, and the consequences this has on the quality of...
From Computational Complexity
Why does pi come up so often? I don't know either but ...
Here is how history DID unfold:1) People noticed that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of ANY circle is always the same, it's a number between 3this...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NIST Releases Risk Management Framework Report
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released its Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0). The document aims...
From insideHPC
Bard College Professor of Computer Science Valerie Barr Elected 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.— Valerie Barr, Bard College’s Margaret Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, has been elected as a 2022 Fellow of theBard...
From Geeking with Greg
How can enshittification happen?
Cory Doctorow has a great piece in Wired, "The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok. Or how, exactly, platforms die." It's about that we regularly see companies make their...
From insideHPC
Sandia, Los Alamos, Livermore, NNSA and AMD Collaborate on Stockpile Mission
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national labs, has awarded a contract to AMD that fundsSandia...
From Geeking with Greg
Layoffs as a social contagion
Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer wrote about the recent layoffs at tech companies, saying that it hurts the company in the long-term, but CEOs can't avoid the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Simplex Algorithm Still Key
Amazes me, was the first thing I learned in engineering analytics methodology to optimize systems Originally invented for military supply chains in WWII. Here...
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Small, Convenient Mosquito Repellent Device
A former school of mine does interesting workSmall, convenient mosquito repellent device passes test to protect military personnel by Karen Dooley, University...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Travel Industry Megatrends
Travel for business business still not completely restored. Steve King Writes in Small Biz Labs Skift's Travel Industry MegatrendsSkift is a travel industry analyst...
From The Eponymous Pickle
ChatGPT Can't Be Credited As an Author, Academic Publisher Says
Good to see this being laidd out, but ultimately will be specifically regulated.ChatGPT Can't Be Credited As an Author, Academic Publisher Says By The Verge,Crediting...
From insideHPC
Astera Labs Launches Cloud-Scale Interop Lab for CXL Solutions at Scale
SANTA CLARA, CA – January 31, 2022 – Astera Labs, maker of connectivity solutions, today announced the expansion of its Cloud-Scale Interop Lab designed to provide...
From Schneier on Security
Ransomware Payments Are Down
Chainalysis reports that worldwide ransomware payments were down in 2022. Ransomware attackers extorted at least $456.8 million from victims in 2022, down from...
From insideHPC
Nobel Prize Winner and Former DOE Secretary Prof. Steven Chu Joins ADIA Lab Advisory Board
Abu Dhabi, 30 January 2023 — ADIA Lab, the Abu-Dhabi-based institute dedicated to basic and applied research in data and computational sciences, has announced that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAS on New Analytics
Thoughtful intro to piece via SAS4 ways you might not realize advanced analytics is changing the worldby LEXI REGALADO on JANUARY 24, 2023 The word innovation often...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog