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Salt-Sized Sensors Mimic the Brain

To gain a better understanding of the brain, why not draw inspiration from it? At least, that’s what researchers at Brown University did, by building a wireless communications system that mimics the brain using an array of tiny silicon sensors, each the size of a grain of sand. The researchers hope that the technology could one day be used in implantable...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 18:03
How We’ll Reach a 1 Trillion Transistor GPU

In 1997 the IBM Deep Blue supercomputer defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov. It was a groundbreaking demonstration of supercomputer technology and a first glimpse into how high-performance computing might one day overtake human-level intelligence. In the 10 years that followed, we began to use artificial intelligence for many practical tasks,...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 17:03
The Most Hackable Handheld Ham Radio Yet

All right, confession time. I don’t use my handheld ham radio for much more than eavesdropping on the subway dispatcher when my train rumbles to a mysterious halt in a dark tunnel. But even I couldn’t help but hear the buzz surrounding a new handheld, Quansheng’s UV-K5.It caught my attention in part because for over a decade, Baofeng has been the...

Wed Mar 27, 2024 21:11
Nvidia Tops Llama 2, Stable Diffusion Speed Trials

Times change, and so must benchmarks. Now that we’re firmly in the age of massive generative AI, it’s time to add two such behemoths, Llama 2 70B and Stable Diffusion XL, to MLPerf’s inferencing tests. Version 4.0 of the benchmark tests more than 8,500 results from 23 submitting organizations. As has been the case from the beginning, computers...

Wed Mar 27, 2024 21:11
This Startup’s AI Tool Makes Moving Day Easier

Engineers are used to being experts in their field, but when Zach Rattner cofounded his artificial-intelligence startup, Yembo, he quickly realized he needed to get comfortable with being out of his depth. He found the transition from employee to business owner to be a steep learning curve. Taking on a host of unfamiliar responsibilities like finance...

Wed Mar 27, 2024 18:14
5 Ways to Strengthen the AI Acquisition Process

In our last article, A How-To Guide on Acquiring AI Systems, we explained why the IEEE P3119 Standard for the Procurement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Decision Systems (ADS) is needed. In this article, we give further details about the draft standard and the use of regulatory “sandboxes” to test the developing standard against real-world...

Tue Mar 26, 2024 21:22

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