Covering Scientific & Technical AI | Sunday, March 16, 2025
The US Justice Department has announced the disruption of a Russian-government-backed bot farm that used AI tools in a massive propaganda campaign. Using AI to create fake social media accounts that often claimed to be US citizens, the malicious actors involved in this bot farm hoped to promote messages in support of Russian government objectives. ... Full article
In today's data-driven world, the ability to conduct complex statistical analyses on tabular data is crucial for deriving meaningful insights from raw data. However, the complexity and vast amounts of data make it increasingly difficult for individuals and organizations to process and interpret information efficiently.  A breakthrough has now emerged, revolutionizing the way we interact ... Full article
Australia has officially added another supercomputer to the TOP500 list with the implementation of Virga. Officially coming online in June 2024, Virga is the newest HPC system to come out of the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO.) As of the June 2024 TOP500 rankings, Virga has achieved the 72nd position on the ... Full article
Generative AI will take on a larger chunk of the world’s power consumption to keep up with the hefty hardware requirements to run applications. “AI chips represent 1.5% of electricity use over the next five years, a substantial part of the world’s energy,” said semiconductor research firm TechInsights in a research note last month. TechInsights took a baseline ... Full article
A funny thing happened on the way to the AI promised land: People realized they need data. In fact, they realized they need large quantities of a wide variety of data, and that it would be better if it was fresh, trusted, and accurate. In other words, people realized they have a big data problem. ... Full article
High-performance computing (HPC) can often be challenging for researchers to use because it requires expertise in working with large datasets, scaling the software, and selecting the best user interface. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign not only deploys and operates supercomputing systems, but also offers researchers simplified and ... Full article
Although AI tools are rapidly advancing and becoming a part of just about every sector, the AI community is still looking for a standardized means to assess the capabilities and potential risks that these tools offer.   Although tools like Google-Proof Q&A exist to provide a foundation for assessing AI capabilities, current evaluations are generally too ... Full article
Senate leader, Chuck Schumer, and three colleagues want the US government to spend at least $32 billion annually by 2026 for non-defense related AI systems.  This includes spending on government and private-sector research and development of the technology. The long-awaited legislative plan for AI comes after months of discussions, meetings, and hosting AI Insight Forums, ... Full article
Amid the current AI explosion, one of the main challenges facing this technology’s implementation is that AI can sometimes make mistakes. What’s more, the black-box nature of many AI tools means that catching these mistakes and understanding why they happen can be extremely difficult. OpenAI recently discussed this problem – and a potential solution – ... Full article
Everyone is aware of the inflationary model of the early universe in which the volume of space expands exponentially then slows down. AI-augmented HPC (AHPC for short) has started to expand creating new space in the scientific universe, a space that was not accessible (computationally tractable) to traditional HPC numerical methods in the past. In ... Full article
Europe officially announced its second exascale system, Alice Recoque, and you can expect to see that name on the Top500 supercomputer list in a few years. Alice Recoque is the new name for a supercomputer with the operating name Jules Verne. The supercomputer is named after a celebrated French scientist and AI pioneer. The supercomputer will ... Full article
Roots play a pivotal role in the plant’s life cycle, including its water uptake, nutrient absorption, soil interaction, stability, and adaptation to changing environmental conditions. Despite significant progress in plant science, researchers have struggled to fully understand the intricate structures, growth dynamics, and responses to environmental stresses of the hidden half of living plants.  In ... Full article
In our fast-paced healthcare environment, medical professionals are constantly challenged to balance the demands of providing high-quality patient care and completing administrative tasks such as managing electronic health records (EHR), which is a digital version of a patient's medical history and other health data.  We know that as AI and machine learning capabilities keep getting ... Full article
With the deployment of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) happening at a rapid pace, organizations of all sizes are tasked with navigating the challenges around implementation, especially regarding ethics and accuracy. What is important for corporate leaders is establishing clear guidelines and guardrails for GenAI that encourage responsible AI usage and avoid unintended consequences. Product teams ... Full article
As AI continues to reach into every domain of life, the question remains as to what kind of software these tools will run on. The choice in software stacks – or collections of software components that work together to enable specific functionality on a computing system – is becoming even more relevant in the GPU-centric ... Full article
Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder of OpenAI, has created a new company that will tackle one of the mostimportant topics in technology today – what happens when an AI system becomes smarter than humans? This question lies at the heart of Safe Superintelligence Inc.’s (SSI) mission. In fact, the company’s website states that the creation of ... Full article
The HPE Discover 2024 conference is currently in full swing, and the keynote address from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) CEO Antonio Neri on Tuesday, June 18, was an unforgettable event. Other than being the first business keynote hosted at the Sphere near Las Vegas, Nevada, the keynote also unveiled an exciting new collaboration between NVIDIA and ... Full article
NVIDIA, a global leader in GPU and AI technology, is making rapid advancements in the field of visual generative AI. The company’s researchers are exploring new technologies to create and interpret visual content, such as images, videos, and 3D models.  Using machine learning models and advanced image processing techniques, GenAI can generate new visual data ... Full article
From oil and gas to power and utilities, energy companies around the globe have seen their businesses become more complex as the world works to navigate the energy transition. To better manage those changes, many have turned to a wide range of digital tools, including artificial intelligence (AI). When it comes to the energy industries, ... Full article
IBM and The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) are collaborating to offer fans a more immersive and dynamic Wimbledon digital experience through a new feature called “Catch Me Up”. AELTC owns and operates Wimbledon, one of the most prestigious and historic tennis tournaments in the world.  Leveraging match data with generative AI capabilities from ... Full article
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