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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
Micron Announces Sample Shipments of 1-gamma DRAM
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 25, 2025 — Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) today said it is the first company to ship samples of its 1γ (1-gamma), sixth-generation (10nm...
From insideHPC
Three LLNL Scientists Honored with Presidential Early Career Award
Design physicist Kelli Humbird, who has been recognized for her innovative application of machine learning in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) physics, was one...
From Schneier on Security
North Korean Hackers Steal $1.5B in Cryptocurrency
It looks like a very sophisticated attack against the Dubai-based exchange Bybit: Bybit officials disclosed the theft of more than 400,000 ethereum and staked...
From insideHPC
Cisco and NVIDIA Expand Networking Partnership
Cisco [NASDAQ: CSCO] today announced plans for an expanded partnership with NVIDIA to provide AI technology solutions to enterprises. The NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet...
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Quantum Machines Raises $170M Series C
February 25, 2025 — Quantum Machines (QM), a provider of quantum control solutions, today announced it has raised $170 million in Series C funding, bringing the...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
Maria Kirch: human computer of the 1600s and 1700s
Maria Kirch was a very early female human computer. Working in the late 1600s into the early 1700s, with her husband, she created astronomical tables that while...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Writing Directions Is Hard
I finished assembling a new bed frame yesterday. I seems solid with good quality materials and seems well designed. The directions on the other hand left something...
From The Noisy Channel
Not All Recall is Created Equal
Search application developers constantly navigate tradeoffs, particularly between precision and recall. Precision measures the fraction of retrieved results that...
From insideHPC
Intel Unveils Xeon 6 CPUs with P-cores
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 24, 2025 – Intel today launched its Xeon 6 processors with Performance-cores (P-cores) for data center and networking portfolios. TheIntel...
From insideHPC
Lenovo Announces ThinkSystem V4 Servers with Intel Xeon 6
February 24, 2025 – Today, Lenovo announced three new infrastructure solutions, powered by Intel Xeon 6 processors, designed for AI data centers. The solutionsLenovo...
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Q.ANT and IMS CHIPS Launch Pilot Production Line for Photonic AI Chips in Stuttgart
Q.ANT, a photonic AI chip company, said today it has launched a dedicated production line for its AI chips at the Institute of Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS CHIPS)...
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QuEra Announces Collaboration with Deloitte Tohmatsu for Quantum in Japan
February 25, 2025 – QuEra Computing Inc. has started a collaboration with Deloitte Tohmatsu Group intended to advance the quantum industry in Japan. The collaboration...
From Schneier on Security
More Research Showing AI Breaking the Rules
These researchers had LLMs play chess against better opponents. When they couldn’t win, they sometimes resorted to cheating. Researchers gave the models a seemingly...
From Computational Complexity
Why my department hopes I do not die this spring
Alice is scheduled to teach X in the Spring.Then Alice CAN"T! (illness, death, or some other reason)What is the department to do?1) If its an undergraduate class...
From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)
ELIZA: the first chatbot to fool people
Chatbots are now everywhere. You seemingly can’t touch a computer without one offering its opinion, or trying to help. This explosion is a result of the adventContinue...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: New Squid Fossil
A 450-million-year-old squid fossil was dug up in upstate New York. Blog moderation policy.
From insideHPC
AI Data Center Workaround? Startups Pursue Networked Aggregation of Idle GPUs
Problems associated with GPU deployment – interminable order wait times, high prices and, particularly, dire need – are leading to new GPU access strategies. An...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA Ends Free Membership
I suppose it was inevitable. In the beginning, CSTA only had a free membership. The organization was originally funded by outside sponsors. An NSF grant covered...
From Schneier on Security
Implementing Cryptography in AI Systems
Interesting research: “How to Securely Implement Cryptography in Deep Neural Networks.” Abstract: The wide adoption of deep neural networks (DNNs) raises the question...
From Schneier on Security