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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 insideHPC
Justin Hotard Leaves HPE for Intel, Named EVP/GM of Data Center and AI Group
Intel today announced the appointment of Justin Hotard as executive vice president and general manager of its Data Center and AI Group (DCAI), effective Feb. 1....
From insideHPC
D-Wave Quantum Completes SOC 2 Type 2 Security Audit
PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C., — January 4, 2024 — D-Wave Quantum Inc. today announced the successful completion of its SOC 2 Type 2 audit as of December 7...
From Schneier on Security
New iPhone Exploit Uses Four Zero-Days
Kaspersky researchers are detailing “an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones, many of which belonged to employees of Moscow...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: From hope to despair and back to hope
(This is an excerpt from drafts of my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It") Twenty five years...
From insideHPC
Intel and DigitalBridge Launch Articul8 Generative AI Company
Intel investment firm and DigitalBridge Group have announced the formation of Articul8 AI, Inc. (Articul8), which they say will develop a generative AI software...
From insideHPC
ATPESC 2024: Applications to Learn about Advanced Computing Due February 28
The annual Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing (ATPESC) is scheduled for July 28-August 9, 2024. The call for applications is open through February...
From Schneier on Security
Facial Recognition Systems in the US
A helpful summary of which US retail stores are using facial recognition, thinking about using it, or currently not planning on using it. (This, of course, canI...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Equality, diversity and inclusion in the R Project: collaborative community coding & curating with Dr Heather Turner
Find out about Dr Heather Turner's EPSRC project to increase diversity and representation in software (R programming language) and about the role of Research Software...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
One Day, Three Stories
NYT Science puzzlers, Claudine Gay’s resignation, and in memoriam Frank Ryan Clockwise: src1, src2, src3 Roxanne and George Miller, Claudine Gay, and Frank Ryan...
From Computational Complexity
The Betty White Award for 2023: Tommy Smothers
Betty White died on December 31, 2021. When I mention that, even now, some people are surprised that they didn't hear about it. Why? Because she died AFTER allarticles...
From Schneier on Security
TikTok Editorial Analysis
TikTok seems to be skewing things in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party. (This is a serious analysis, and the methodology looks sound.) Conclusion: Substantial...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Things We Did Not Know How to Compute
Artificial Intelligence and P=NP Enio Moraes is the Product and Engineering Director of Semantix in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Semantix provides AI platforms for businesses...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Science and Technology links (December 30th 2023)
Parenting does not appear to be able to determine the personality traits of a child. When the last ice age ended, 12,000 years ago, the Sahara was green and full...
From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: A Parting Look at 2023 — What a Year for HPC-AI!
As we embark on 2024, Shahin and Doug offer this 2023 Year in Review special edition looking back at one of the most eventful years in the recent history of HPC...
From Schneier on Security
AI Is Scarily Good at Guessing the Location of Random Photos
Wow: To test PIGEON’s performance, I gave it five personal photos from a trip I took across America years ago, none of which have been published online. Some photos...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Sqids
They’re short unique strings: Sqids (pronounced “squids”) is an open-source library that lets you generate YouTube-looking IDs from numbers. These IDs are short...
From Schneier on Security
AI and Lossy Bottlenecks
Artificial intelligence is poised to upend much of society, removing human limitations inherent in many systems. One such limitation is information and logistical...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: First pages of the book
(This is an excerpt from my book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It". The first sentence and first ...
From Schneier on Security
New iPhone Security Features to Protect Stolen Devices
Apple is rolling out a new “Stolen Device Protection” feature that seems well thought out: When Stolen Device Protection is turned on, Face ID or Touch ID authentication...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)