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LLNL Engineers Harness Machine Learning to Unlock New Possibilities in Lattice Structures

Lattice structures, characterized by their complex patterns and hierarchical designs, offer immense potential across various industries, including automotive, aerospace, and biomedical engineering. With their outstanding high strength-to-weight ratio, customizability, and versatility, lattice structures enable the development of lightweight, durable components that can be precisely tailored to meet specific functional requirements. However, the complexity of the ... Full article

IBM’s Telum II and Spyre Accelerator Bring Advanced AI Capabilities to Modern Mainframes

IBM, a leader in global hybrid cloud and AI solutions, unveiled the specifications of its new Telum II processors and Spyre AI accelerators, which are set to drive AI workloads on the latest IBM Z mainframe systems. The announcement was made at the Hot Chips 2024 event happening this week at Stanford University. As GenAI ... Full article

California Bill Could Regulate AI Safety

A new bill that has advanced to the California Senate Assembly floor represents both a significant step forward in AI governance as well as a risk to the technology’s innovative growth. Officially called California Senate Bill 1047 – and also known as the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act – this ... Full article

Hyperion Research Announces a 36.7% Increase in the HPC/AI Market Size

AI has changed everything, including HPC. A recent HPCwire article discussed how AI-augmented HPC is creating a large paradigm shift in many aspects of the market and community. Supporting this shift, Hyperion Research announced today that it has updated its market sizing for the HPC (technical computing servers) market precipitated by AI’s unprecedented impact on the market. In addition ... Full article

Is the GenAI Bubble Finally Popping?

Doubt is creeping into discussion over generative AI, as industry analysts begin to publicly question whether the huge investments in GenAI will ever pay off. The lack of a “killer app” besides coding co-pilots and chatbots is the most pressing concern, critics in a Goldman Sachs Research letter say, while data availability, chip shortages, and ... Full article

Breaking Down Global Government Spending on AI

Governments are scrambling to stay ahead of the AI tsunami, and for good reason. Like any other useful technology, AI presents a gigantic economic opportunity for governments worldwide. In fact, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has estimated that AI could contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy in 2030 – which would be more than the ... Full article

OpenFold Advances Protein Modeling with AI and Supercomputing Power

Proteins, life’s building blocks, perform a wide range of functions based on their unique shapes. The molecules fold into specific forms and shapes that define their roles, from catalyzing biochemical reactions to providing structural support and enabling cellular communication. Predicting the protein structure is challenging due to the complexity of the folds and shapes. Even ... Full article

NVIDIA’s New AI Model Revolutionizes Extreme Weather Forecasting with Unprecedented Accuracy

Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly severe and frequent. From record-breaking heat waves to widespread flooding during hurricanes, the impact of such events on communities and economies is profound. The extreme weather phenomena cause $150 billion in damage annually in the U.S. alone. Hurricane Beryl recently swept through the U.S., causing an estimated $2.5 to ... Full article

Argonne Is Using AI to Map the Brain’s Connections

Most people don’t think about just how miraculous the human brain is. This organ contains about 80 billion neurons, each of which is connected to as many as 10,000 other neurons. Mapping the neurons themselves is a challenging endeavor, but trying to understand the connections between them is nothing short of a herculean task. While ... Full article

The Path to Insight Is Changing: The AI-HPC Paradigm Shift

In a recent paper, the authors suggest that AI models collapse when trained on recursively generated data points from previous LLM models. Basically, the snake is eating its tail. Generative-AI has been successful in mining the Internet to create large LLM models that provide human-like answers to many problems. In particular, creating new text has been a ... Full article

Cambridge Researchers Develop New AI Tool for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

Impacting over 55 million people worldwide, dementia presents a significant global healthcare challenge. It costs $820 billion every year, and the number of people affected by dementia is anticipated to triple over the next 50 years. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for 60–80% of cases. The complexity of Alzheimer's disease ... Full article

Groq’s $640 Million Funding Poised to Disrupt AI Chip Market

The AI race is showing no signs of slowing down. The demand for cutting-edge technology has never been higher, driving interest in new and advanced solutions that promise to push the boundaries of what AI can achieve. As companies seek to stay ahead in this competitive landscape, Groq, an AI chip startup, has emerged as ... Full article

AI Debrief: Penguin President Pete Manca Talks Origin AI

In this enlightening interview, I sat down with Pete Manca - the President of Penguin Solutions -to discuss the company's innovative Origin AI solution. As part of the new Executive Debrief series, we explore the performance enhancements and rapid deployment capabilities that OriginAI offers to customers. Manca elaborates on the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, ... Full article

The Evolution of News Anchors: Bridging Human Authenticity and AI

In a world where innovations shape our daily interactions and experiences, one aspect remains timeless: the way we consume news. As information becomes increasingly abundant and accessible, news organizations face the challenge of capturing and retaining audience attention in a landscape saturated with content. However, amidst this digital revolution, a new frontier emerges: personalized news ... Full article

Department of Justice Begins Antitrust Probe into Nvidia

After months of skyrocketing stock prices and unhinged optimism, Nvidia has run into a few snags – a design flaw in one of its new chips and an antitrust probe from the U.S. Department of Justice. The company has recently announced design flaws in its new B200 AI chips. Specifically, the issue lies in the ... Full article

Using AI to Heat the Olympic Pool

At the moment, we’re seeing the AI hype cycle play out. Standing atop the peak of inflated expectations, we are inundated with a variety of buzzwords and jargon that make it seem like AI could do anything. While the hype around AI will eventually die off, there is a unique application around this technology that ... Full article

California Bill Seeks to Regulate AI Use of Celebrity Likenesses

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