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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 Computing Community Consortium Blog
Reminder: CCC Call for Council Member Nominations
Thank you to everyone who has nominated a colleague or self-nominated themselves for the opportunity to be a CCC Council member. As a reminder, nominations are...
From The Eponymous Pickle
More Fast Food Robotics
Have seen several food oriented robotics demonstrations lately. Why Restaurant Chains Are Investing in Robots and What It Means for WorkersCNBC, Amelia Lucas, December...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gripping Better, Smarter
Robots Grip Better when They Grip SmarterIEEE SpectrumCharles Q. Choi, December 28, 2022A robot has been trained by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Veeral Shah Named 1st Chief E-comm & Digital Officer at Nestlé USA
Came from CPG, and strong use of consumer data, so of interest. Veeral Shah Named 1st Chief E-comm & Digital Officer at Nestlé USAPersonnel Moves (of interest)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
UC Berkely Does Skypilot
Interesting direction, UC Berkeley Launches SkyPilot to Help Navigate Soaring Cloud CostsBy Jaime Hampton, DatanamiRunaway cloud computing costs can stifle machine...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kepler Planet Doomed?
Space musings based on new devices and findings.Is The first planet found by the Kepler space telescope is doomed?Every year, the planet inches closer to its star...
From Schneier on Security
ChatGPT-Written Malware
I don’t know how much of a thing this will end up being, but we are seeing ChatGPT-written malware in the wild. …within a few weeks of ChatGPT going live, participants...
From insideHPC
DOE: $56M for Traineeships Supporting Historically Underrepresented Groups and Institutions
Jan. 9, 2023 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $56 million to provide research opportunities to historically underrepresented groups and institutions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Detailed example of Cellphone and Camera Tracking in Idaho
From a comment on Bruce Schneiers post on Cellphone tracing and related technologies used by law enforcement to track suspect behavior, actual and inferred This...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Art as Math that Meets Crochet
Gabriele Meyer is a Senior Lecturer Emerita in the Department of Mathematics, at the University of Wisconsin. She creates beautiful art by crocheting mathematical...
From insideHPC
Atos Wins £24M Settlement over UK Met Office Weather Supercomputer Contract
The Financial Times reported today that the government of the UK has paid a £24 million settlement to Atos over an £850 million contract awarded to Microsoft for...
From The Eponymous Pickle
New Algorithm Closes Quantum Supremacy Window
Scaling Solutions, Quantum Supremacy?New Algorithm Closes Quantum Supremacy WindowRandom circuit sampling, a popular technique for showing the power of quantumBy...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Congratulations to the New 2023 Class of IEEE Elevated Fellows
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) just announced their 2023 class of Elevated Fellows. Among them are members of the community with past...
From Computational Complexity
Martin Davis Passed Away on Jan 1, 2023
As you probably already know from other sources, Martin Davis passed away on Jan 1, 2023, at the age of 94. His wife Virginia died a few hours later.He majoredOccasionally...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Criminal Purpose Implied, Detected Via Cellphone Location
Bruce Schneier mentions .... And questions constitutionality ... Useful at the link.Identifying People Using Cell Phone Location DataThe two people who shut down...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Rapidly Generate 3D Assets for Virtual Words
Seems odd, but can make sense, especially if you have to do many variants. And, of course they can be just starting points for editing in more complex details...
From The Eponymous Pickle
We did some Critical Path Work in the Enterprise
We did some Critical Path Work in the Enterprise, so this was of Interest, but we did not include many latency aspects. Technical, but worth a look. Distributed...
From The Noisy Channel
Upcoming Search Classes
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2023 is off to a great start for you.Are you excited to kick off the new year by learning more about search?If so, you’re in luck...
From The Eponymous Pickle
McKinsey on ChatGPT
McKinsey comments on this, with more at the link. I say we are about to get a big new flow of such products, and will have to quickly adapt. Generative AI is here...
From The Eponymous Pickle