Tag: research

  • Cloud Blog: Announcing the general availability of Trillium, our sixth-generation TPU

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/trillium-tpu-is-ga/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Announcing the general availability of Trillium, our sixth-generation TPU Feedly Summary: The rise of large-scale AI models capable of processing diverse modalities like text and images presents a unique infrastructural challenge. These models require immense computational power and specialized hardware to efficiently handle training, fine-tuning, and inference. Over…

  • Wired: Generative AI Is My Research and Writing Partner. Should I Disclose It?

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/prompt-disclose-at-in-creative-work-teach-kids-about-chatbots/ Source: Wired Title: Generative AI Is My Research and Writing Partner. Should I Disclose It? Feedly Summary: In this installment of WIRED’s AI advice column, “The Prompt,” we answer questions about giving AI tools proper attribution and teaching future generations how to interact with chatbots. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The…

  • Hacker News: AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack

    Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/new-badram-attack-neuters-security-assurances-in-amd-epyc-processors/ Source: Hacker News Title: AMD’s trusted execution environment blown wide open by new BadRAM attack Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses significant vulnerabilities related to physical access to cloud servers, particularly spotlighting a proof-of-concept attack known as BadRAM that exploits security assurances offered by AMD’s microprocessors.…

  • Cloud Blog: How Vertex AI’s vector search helps unlock high-performance gen AI apps

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/build-fast-and-scalable-ai-applications-with-vertex-ai/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Vertex AI’s vector search helps unlock high-performance gen AI apps Feedly Summary: Think about your favorite apps – the ones that deliver instant results from massive amounts of data. They’re likely powered by vector search, the same technology that fuels generative AI. Vector search is crucial for…

  • Cloud Blog: Cloud CISO Perspectives: Our 2025 Cybersecurity Forecast report

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/cloud-ciso-perspectives-our-2025-cybersecurity-forecast-report/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Cloud CISO Perspectives: Our 2025 Cybersecurity Forecast report Feedly Summary: Welcome to the first Cloud CISO Perspectives for December 2024. Today, Nick Godfrey, senior director, Office of the CISO, shares our Forecast report for the coming year, with additional insights from our Office of the CISO colleagues.As with…

  • Hacker News: Training LLMs to Reason in a Continuous Latent Space

    Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06769 Source: Hacker News Title: Training LLMs to Reason in a Continuous Latent Space Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text introduces a novel approach for enhancing reasoning capabilities in large language models (LLMs) through a technique called Coconut, which utilizes a continuous latent space for reasoning rather than…

  • The Register: AMD secure VM tech undone by DRAM meddling

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/amd_secure_vm_tech_undone/ Source: The Register Title: AMD secure VM tech undone by DRAM meddling Feedly Summary: Boffins devise BadRAM attack to pilfer secrets from SEV-SNP encrypted memory Researchers have found that the security mechanism AMD uses to protect virtual machine memory can be bypassed with $10 of hardware – and perhaps not even that.……

  • The Register: Fully patched Cleo products under renewed ‘zero-day-ish’ mass attack

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/cleo_vulnerability/ Source: The Register Title: Fully patched Cleo products under renewed ‘zero-day-ish’ mass attack Feedly Summary: Thousands of servers targeted while customers wait for patches Researchers at security shop Huntress are seeing mass exploitation of a vulnerability affecting three Cleo file management products, even on patched systems.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary:…

  • Hacker News: Long Convolutions via Polynomial Multiplication

    Source URL: https://hazyresearch.stanford.edu/blog/2023-12-11-conv-tutorial Source: Hacker News Title: Long Convolutions via Polynomial Multiplication Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text delves into the intricacies of long convolutions, particularly in the context of AI models like GPT, and reveals how they can be computed efficiently using concepts from polynomial theory and Fast Fourier…

  • Hacker News: 15 Times to use AI, and 5 Not to

    Source URL: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/15-times-to-use-ai-and-5-not-to Source: Hacker News Title: 15 Times to use AI, and 5 Not to Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides a comprehensive exploration of the practical applications of AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), in various professional contexts. It emphasizes the duality of AI’s transformative potential while…