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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 Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Is P=NP a Grave Matter?
Our favorite problem moribund? The photo at right was taken by a friend—with thanks—in San Carlos, California, last weekend. We do not know who put out the Halloween...
From insideHPC
Dell and Meta in GenAI Pact with Llama 2 LLMs
Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) is collaborating with Meta in a partnership designed to make it easy to deploy Meta’s Llama 2 large language models on premises with...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
The CRA Career Mentoring Workshops Now Accepting Applications
Written by Helen Wright and originally posted on the CRA-I Blog The Computing Research Association (CRA) is now accepting applications for its biennial CRA Career...
From Schneier on Security
The Future of Drone Warfare
Ukraine is using $400 drones to destroy tanks: Facing an enemy with superior numbers of troops and armor, the Ukrainian defenders are holding on with the help...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: Overview from the book proposal
(This is an excerpt from the book proposal for my unpublished book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix ...
From insideHPC
DOE Awards $11.4M for Quantum Information Science for Fusion Energy Research
Oct. 30, 2023 — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $11.4 million for six projects in quantum information science (QIS) with relevance to fusion...
From insideHPC
White House Issues Executive Order on AI
The White House this morning issued an executive order aimed at addressing concerns about the safety, security and trustworthiness of AI. While the specifics of...
From insideHPC
Exascale Computing Project (ECP) at the Center of SC23 Panel Discussion on Exascale Impact to Industry
Exascale computing is already delivering advances in simulation, data analytics, and machine learning. The US Department of Energy (DOE) funded the Exascale Computing...
From insideHPC
New Study Reveals the Influence of Natural Climate Drivers on Extreme Monsoons in Pakistan
A new study by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory looks at some of the influences that could be driving the increasingly severe...
From Schneier on Security
Hacking Scandinavian Alcohol Tax
The islands of Åland are an important tax hack: Although Åland is part of the Republic of Finland, it has its own autonomous parliament. In areas where Åland has...
From insideHPC
Kickstart Your Business to the Next Level with AI Inferencing
The need to accelerate AI initiatives is real and widespread across all industries. The ability to integrate and deploy AI inferencing with pre-trained models can...
From Computational Complexity
Theory that really DOES apply: Security.
I recently read and wrote a review of Math for Security by Daniel Riley.(For the review see here. It will appear in SIGACT News at...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Spelling Bee Solver Project
My wife loves word puzzles. She is amazing at them. Me? Not so much. On the other hand I love programs and programming projects that involved string manipulation...
From Geeking with Greg
Book excerpt: The irresistible lure of an unlocked house
(This is an excerpt from drafts of my unpublished book, "Algorithms and Misinformation: Why Wisdom of the Crowds Failed the Internet and How to Fix It") Bad incentives...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
A Conference At TTIC
Adam Tauman Kalai is one of the speakers at the 20th Annual Conference at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago this November 9-10. You are welcome to register...
From insideHPC
@HPCpodcast: A Discussion with the Creators of HPC.social, the Online Gathering Spot for HPC-AI
There’s a new online gathering point for the HPC community, and it has quickly generated a large following. In this episode of the @HPCpodcast, Shahin and Doug@HPCpodcast...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: On the Ugliness of Squid Fishing
And seafood in general: A squid ship is a bustling, bright, messy place. The scene on deck looks like a mechanic’s garage where an oil change has gone terribly...
From Schneier on Security
Messaging Service Wiretap Discovered through Expired TLS Cert
Fascinating story of a covert wiretap that was discovered because of an expired TLS certificate: The suspected man-in-the-middle attack was identified when the...
From insideHPC
Lenovo Maximizes HPC Resources via Partnership with SchedMD and Slurm Workload Manager
[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] In HPC, leveraging compute resources to the maximum is a constant goal and a constant source of pressure. The higher the usage rate,...
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