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Advancing AI Research Infrastructure Through NSF Investments
The awards will focus on specific aspects of artificial intelligence research infrastructure and instrumentation.
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Computing and Social Responsibility
Hardware, software, and social media companies increasingly must consider the potential social and ethical risks of their products.
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The Crypto Detectives Are Cleaning Up
Early adopters thought cryptocurrencies would be free from prying eyes, but tracking the flow of funds has become a big business.
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Reddit Wants to Get Paid for Helping Teach Big AI Systems
Reddit announced it will begin charging for access to its application programming interface.
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Google's New Tool Turns Bard into a Code Wizard
Bard can now explain code snippets and generate code. It is capable of explaining why a block has the result that it does.
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A Google AI Model Developed an Unexpected Skill
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company's experts call this aspect of AI a "black box."
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Locking Down Secure Open Source Software
Can even secure open source software ever be considered truly safe?
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Women in Computer Science Are Making Strides
Computer science is still not a level playing field for those women who majored in it and choose to pursue it as a career.
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This New Technology Could Blow Away GPT-4 and Everything Like It
The Hyena code is able to handle amounts of data that make GPT-style technology run out of memory and fail.
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OpenAI's Hunger for Data is Coming Back to Bite It
The company's artificial intelligence services may be breaking data protection laws, and there is no resolution in sight.
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Companies Turn to AI to Avoid 'Cloud Sprawl'
Cloud-computing usage at large companies is measured in millions of records a day, making it 'humanly impossible' to keep track of costs.
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Britain Sounds Alarm on Spyware, Mercenary Hacking Market
Britain's National Cybersecurity Centre also warned about hackers-for-hire, mercenary spies whose activities it said "raise the likelihood of unpredictable targeting...
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Turning AI to Crime
How cybercriminals use ChatGPT in creating malware and cyberattacks.
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Microsoft's Refusal to Pay for Twitter's API Outraged Musk
Twitter will no longer be available on Microsoft Advertising as the service relies on API access.
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Autonomous Bus Sounds: All About When, Not How
Cornell University's Malte Jung, and Hannah Pelikan from Sweden's Linköping University, are using sound to improve autonomous buses' navigation and communication...
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Oklahoma Businesses Recruit Tech Workers from Ukraine
A nonprofit based in Tulsa, OK, is recruiting Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion for jobs in the region's expanding technology sector.
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San Jose Plans Robocar Network Instead of Airport Shuttle
The city's exploration of personal rapid transit is a rejection of both traditional trains and the vision of autonomous vehicles traveling on conventional roads...
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AI Is Coming for Your Fortune Cookies
OpenFortune, which deals exclusively in the tiny tickers of printed messages lurking in the clamshell cookies, is now using ChatGPT to produce them.
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