Computer World: “Adoption of generative AI is happening at a breakneck pace, but potential threats posed by the technology will require organizations to set up guardrails to protect sensitive data and customer privacy — and to avoid running afoul of regulators. As a large number of companies continue to test and deploy generative artificial intelligence… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2023
US Copyright Office opens inquiry into laws needed to rein in genAI
“The agency move is part of an ongoing effort to gather public feedback on why AI can sometimes flagrantly use copyrighted materials to produce content. The agency plans to hand over its findings to Congress. The US Copyright Office is seeking public input on copyright law and policy issues raised by generative AI and is… Continue Reading
Google Maps Platform adds air quality and pollen information to capture changing climate realities
Mashable: “Google’s latest launch suggests Maps is becoming more than a navigation tool, as the company announces three new public APIs covering solar, air quality, and pollen data and predictions to address the world’s new climate reality. Now, in addition to the company’s Maps, Routes, and Places APIs, a new “Environment” category will be joining… Continue Reading
Quantifying Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Human Deaths to Guide Energy Policy
Quantifying Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Human Deaths to Guide Energy Policy by Joshua M. Pearce and Richard Parncutt. This article belongs to the Special Issue The Future of Energy Policy. “When attempting to quantify future harms caused by carbon emissions and to set appropriate energy policies, it has been argued that the most important… Continue Reading
State of AI Report Compute Index
“The State of AI Report Compute Index tracks the size of public, private and national HPC clusters, as well as the utilisation of various AI chips in AI research papers. As a key substrate upon which AI models are trained and run, the size of compute clusters and the popularity of specific chips helps us… Continue Reading
Monthly High Tide Flooding Outlook
NOAA Tide and Currents: “About the Monthly Outlook – Above-normal tides can trigger high tide flooding, disrupting coastal communities. This flooding can occur on sunny days and in the absence of storms. More severe flooding may occur if high tides coincide with heavy rains, strong winds, or large waves. As sea levels continue to rise,… Continue Reading
Computing the Climate
Computing the Climate – How We Know What We Know About Climate Change, Steve M. Easterbrook, University of Toronto “How do we know that climate change is an emergency? How did the scientific community reach this conclusion all but unanimously, and what tools did they use to do it? This book tells the story of… Continue Reading
How Discord invented the future of the internet
Protocol: “Most longtime Discord users have a similar origin story. They liked playing video games, and liked playing with their friends, so they used TeamSpeak or Skype to talk to their friends in-game. They mostly hated TeamSpeak and Skype, but they were really the only options. Eventually, a lot of those gamers realized something. They… Continue Reading
New LC Report on Safety, Security of Artificial Intelligence Systems
In Custodia Legis: “The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has increased exponentially and is permeating every aspect of our lives, from personal to professional. While it can be used in many positive ways to solve global challenges, there are also security risks to be considered, such as fundamental rights infringements, personal data security, and harmful… Continue Reading
Hurricane forecasting, data and visualizations
Tropical Tidbits – “I (Levi Cowan) created Tropical Tidbits in 2012 out of my college dorm room. At the time, it was simply meant to be a place to host my hurricane forecasting blog and video discussions that I had been posting on Wunderground since 2005. I still post these videos during the Atlantic hurricane… Continue Reading
Free Tiny Tools
The Best Free Online Web Tools You Will Ever Need – “FreeTinyTools provides free online conversion, Text Tools, Image Processing, Online Calculators, Unit converters Tools, Binary Converter Tools Website Management Tools, Development Tools and other handy tools to help you solve problems of all types. All files both processed and unprocessed are deleted after 15… Continue Reading
Google DeepMind has launched a watermarking tool for AI-generated images
MIT Technology Review: It’s the first Big Tech firm to publicly launch one, after a group of them pledged to develop them at the White House in July. The tool, called SynthID, will initially be available only to users of Google’s AI image generator Imagen, which is hosted on Google Cloud’s machine learning platform Vertex.… Continue Reading
