The safety impacts of artificial intelligence are here, are real and are often very personal. Innocent teenagers are being blackmailed with their faces inserted into photo-realistic pornography. Terrified grandparents are sending tens of thousands of dollars to “virtual kidnappers” who use AI to fake the voices of family members using snippets of audio from social […]
May 12—Walking through a plot of winter wheat plantings just starting to push up through the dark soil in Creston, Jessica Torrion sees the results of decades of hard work and research. All over the property at the Northwest Agricultural Research Center, high tech research equipment mingles with decades old farming implements. “At first we […]
Apr. 7—Growing up in Torrance and Compton, some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area, Shamar “Chili” Jackson spent hours at a time safely off the streets watching his grandmothers cook. In their kitchens, he absorbed the basics of Creole, Spanish, Filipino and Mexican cuisines that form the foundation of the menu […]
Space scientists are eager to protect the option of doing astronomy from the moon. There are plans in the works to place astronomical hardware on the lunar landscape such as super-cooled infrared telescopes, a swath of gravitational wave detectors, large Arecibo-like radio telescopes, even peek-a-boo instruments tuned up to seek out evidence for “out there” aliens. […]
Jan. 22—ODON — NHanced Semiconductors is now ready for business. A ribbon cutting for the advanced packaging foundry that specializes in leading BEoL semiconductor technologies such as chiplets, 3D-ICs, silicon interposers, photonics and more was held Friday afternoon. “Innovative companies like NHanced are not only providing good jobs, they are keeping us safe and secure […]