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    May 2023


    From The Eponymous Pickle

    WPP Partners With NVIDIA to Build Generative AI-Enabled Content Engine for Digital Advertising

    WPP Partners With NVIDIA to Build Generative AI-Enabled Content Engine for Digital Advertising

    Despite all pausing and hand wringing,   AI enabled Generation Ad production goes on. All resonsibe? 

    WPP Partners With NVIDIA to Build Generative AI-Enabled Content Engine for Digital Advertising

    Groundbreaking Engine Built on…

    Franz Dill | May 29, 2023 at 02:41 PM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Nvidia taps into Israeli innovation to build generative AI cloud supercomputer

    Nvidia taps into Israeli innovation to build generative AI cloud supercomputer

    Nvidia taps into Israeli innovation to build generative AI cloud supercomputer

    Chip giant says Israel-1 supercomputer valued at several hundred million dollars is a ‘major investment’ that will boost next-generation AI workloads…

    Franz Dill | May 29, 2023 at 02:24 PM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    OpenLLaMA is a fully open-source LLM, now ready for business

    OpenLLaMA is a fully open-source LLM, now ready for business

    Brought to my attention.   in   the-encoder.com

    OpenLLaMA is a fully open-source LLM, now ready for business

    OpenLLaMA is an open-source reproduction of Meta’s LLaMA language model and can be used commercially.

    Since the unveiling…

    Franz Dill | May 29, 2023 at 11:48 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Sound Vibrations Can Encode, Process Data Like Quantum Computers

    Sound Vibrations Can Encode, Process Data Like Quantum Computers

    Remarkable ...

    Sound Vibrations Can Encode, Process Data Like Quantum Computers

    By New Scientist, May 25, 2023

    University of Arizona researchers demonstrated that trapping sound in a simple mechanical device can imitate certainThe…

    Franz Dill | May 29, 2023 at 09:58 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Can China overtake the US in the AI Marathon?

    Can China overtake the US in the AI Marathon?

    ChatGPT: Can China overtake the US in the AI marathon?

    By Derek Cai & Annabelle Liang in  BBC News

    Artificial intelligence has emerged as enough of a concern that it made it onto what was already a packed agenda at the G7 summit…

    Franz Dill | May 29, 2023 at 08:01 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Light-Field Sensor for 3D Scene Construction with Unprecedented Angular Resolution

    Light-Field Sensor for 3D Scene Construction with Unprecedented Angular Resolution

    Light-Field Sensor for 3D Scene Construction with Unprecedented Angular Resolution

    By NUS News (Singapore),   May 18, 2023

    A large scale angle-sensing structure comprising nanocrystal phospors, a key component of the sensor, illuminated…

    Franz Dill | May 29, 2023 at 08:00 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    A Boost for the Quantum Internet

    A Boost for the Quantum Internet

     A Boost for the Quantum Internet

    Universitat Innsbruck (Austria)

    May 23, 2023

    Researchers at Austria's University of Innsbruck transmitted quantum information with a quantum repeater node operating at telecommunication networks'…

    Franz Dill | May 29, 2023 at 07:45 AM

    From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

    Black in Data

    Black in Data

    Careers do not have to be decided on from day one. You can end up in a good place in a roundabout way. That is what happened to Sadiqah Musa, and now she is helping make the paths easier for others to follow, particularly for…

    Paul Curzon | May 29, 2023 at 02:56 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Demystifying AI

    Demystifying AI

    Seems interesting,  Agree there is mush understanding. More at the link.  Will read.

    Dataiku Ebook

    Demystifying AI.. 

    Where to Draw the Line Between Myth and Reality

    First things first: Why exactly has AI become such a nebulous term…

    Franz Dill | May 29, 2023 at 01:58 AM

    From [email protected]

    Education is always changing: We need to define CS to keep the good stuff

     Hype and fashion cycles drive education change. Let's protect the good stuff.

    Mark Guzdial | May 28, 2023 at 05:09 PM

    From Computational Complexity

    On Nov 10, 2014 the TV show Scorpion mentions Software that is like ChatGPT for Music


    Scorpion is a TV show that ran from 2014 to 2018. It involves a group of brilliant (to say the least) but socially awkward (to say the least) people who help the government battle threats and/or solve crimes. 

    The episode Risky…

    gasarch | May 28, 2023 at 03:34 PM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Quantum Computers Compared

    Quantum Computers Compared

    Useful, see link to full article linked to below there are 24 processors!

     Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Los Alamos National Laboratory compared leading quantum computers using the Quantum Computing UserThe…

    Franz Dill | May 28, 2023 at 11:51 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    How Generational Differences Affect Consumer Attitudes Towards Ads

    How Generational Differences Affect Consumer Attitudes Towards Ads

    As a big advertiser, something we thought about. 

    Meta Research

    How generational differences affect consumer attitudes towards ads

    By: Melanie Beer Zeldin

    Our research study, in collaboration with CrowdDNA, aims to understand people's…

    Franz Dill | May 28, 2023 at 10:21 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Demolishing the Journalism Industry Using AI?

    Demolishing the Journalism Industry Using AI?

    Demolishing the Journalism Industry Using AI?

    By Futurism, May 12, 2023

    Google's new search interface, built on a model trained on unpaid-for human output, will swallow even more human-made content and spit it back out to information…

    Franz Dill | May 28, 2023 at 08:30 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    More on IBM and AI Today

    More on IBM and AI Today

     We worked with IBM for years,  Saw the kind of methods they were pressing that connected their work with Watson and game playing, but never got the impression that that could provide the kind of general management of general…

    Franz Dill | May 28, 2023 at 08:17 AM

    From [email protected]

    Pedagogical Paths Through Ethics

    Pedagogical Paths Through Ethics

     Concepts of ethics can be integrated into lessons that reflect contemporary concerns and involve student knowledge of modern technology.

    | May 27, 2023 at 03:23 PM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Space Logistics

    Space Logistics

    Northrup Grumman advances:

    What is SpaceLogistics?

    SpaceLogistics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, provides cooperative space logistics and in-orbit satellite servicing to geosynchronous satellite operators using…

    Franz Dill | May 27, 2023 at 12:21 PM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Further Update on Elon Musk' s Brain Chip

    Further Update on Elon Musk' s Brain Chip

    Neuralink: Why is Elon Musk’s brain chip firm in the news?

    By Shiona McCallum  Technology reporter in the BBC

    Elon Musk's brain chip firm Neuralink has said that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its firstThe…

    Franz Dill | May 27, 2023 at 10:10 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Are ChatGPT's Good at 'Not'

    Are ChatGPT's Good at 'Not'

    Are ChatGPT's Good at 'Not'  in QuantaMagazine

    Max G. Levy   

    Contributing Writer, May 12, 2023

    Nora Kassner suspected her computer wasn’t as smart as people thought. In October 2018, Google released a language model algorithm called…

    Franz Dill | May 27, 2023 at 09:07 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Europe's First 3D-Printed School Takes Shape in Ukraine

    Europe's First 3D-Printed School Takes Shape in Ukraine

     Europe's First 3D-Printed School Takes Shape in Ukraine

    Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty (Czech Republic)

    May 25, 2023

    Humanitarian group Team4UA organized the building of Europe's first three-dimensionally (3D)-printed primary…

    Franz Dill | May 27, 2023 at 09:07 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Rodney Brooks Talks about AI

    Rodney Brooks Talks about AI

    Comments here a little late, but good points.

    Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already And stop confusing performance with competence, says Rodney Brooks      By Glenn  Zorpette in Spectrum IEEE

    Rapid and pivotal advances in technology…

    Franz Dill | May 27, 2023 at 08:43 AM

    From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

    Reclaim your name

    Reclaim your name

    In 2021 the Canadian government announced that Indigenous people would be allowed to use their ancestral family names on government-issued identity documents. For the first time they could use the names that are part of their…

    Paul Curzon | May 27, 2023 at 03:45 AM

    From Schneier on Security

    Friday Squid Blogging: Online Cephalopod Course

    Friday Squid Blogging: Online Cephalopod Course

    Atlas Obscura has a five-part online course on cephalopods, taught by squid biologist Dr. Sarah McAnulty.

    As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

    Readhere…

    Bruce Schneier | May 26, 2023 at 05:05 PM

    From Daniel Lemire's Blog

    Expected performance of a Bloom filter

    Expected performance of a Bloom filter

    A hash function is a function that maps a value (such as a string) to an integer value. Typically, we want random-looking values. A Bloom filter is a standard data structure in computer science to approximate a set. Basically…

    Daniel Lemire | May 26, 2023 at 04:36 PM

    From CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun)

    Al-Jazari: the father of robotics

    Al-Jazari: the father of robotics

    Science fiction films are full of humanoid robots acting as servants, workers, friends or colleagues. The first were created during the Islamic Golden Age, a thousand years ago. 

    Paul Curzon | May 26, 2023 at 04:09 PM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Neuralink, Elon Musk's Brain Implant is Approved for Clinical Trials

    Neuralink,   Elon Musk's Brain Implant is Approved for Clinical Trials

     Had not followed this before, will continue ...

    Neuralink says it has the FDA’s OK to start clinical trials

    Company isn't enrolling patients yet, but it has cleared a major hurdle.

     - John Timmer  in   Arstechnica

    In December 2022…

    Franz Dill | May 26, 2023 at 01:33 PM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Ethereum Closes Security Hole with Energy-Saving Update

    Ethereum Closes Security Hole with Energy-Saving Update

    Interesting example of Security problem.

    Ethereum Closes Security Hole with Energy-Saving Update

    By New Scientist,May 26, 2023.

    Running an Ethereum node allows a user to create transactions and broadcast them across the networkAn…

    Franz Dill | May 26, 2023 at 01:25 PM

    From The Noisy Channel

    Affordances for Conversational Search

    Affordances for Conversational Search

    In application design, affordances are cues that help users discover and explore how to interact with the application. Typical affordances for search applications include buttons and links. Users do not need to be experts toThe…

    Daniel Tunkelang | May 26, 2023 at 12:58 PM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    AI Catalyzes Gene Activation Research, Uncovers Rare DNA Sequences

    AI Catalyzes Gene Activation Research, Uncovers Rare DNA Sequences

    More amazement via AI. 

    AI Catalyzes Gene Activation Research, Uncovers Rare DNA Sequences

    By UC San Diego Today,  May 25, 2023

    Investigating DNA sequences.

    Using machine learning, the researchers discovered the downstream core promoter…

    Franz Dill | May 26, 2023 at 10:16 AM

    From The Eponymous Pickle

    Experitionary Cyberspace Operations

    Experitionary Cyberspace Operations

    Good piece in Schneier: 

    Expeditionary Cyberspace Operations   

    Cyberspace operations now officially has    a physical dimension, meaning that the United States has official military doctrine about cyberattacks that also involve…

    Franz Dill | May 26, 2023 at 09:50 AM
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