Computer Coding

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  Frontier Supercomputer Simulates Universe with Unmatched Complexity

  The Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has conducted the most detailed universe simulation to date. Using the Hardware/Hybrid Accelerated Cosmology Code (HACC) under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project, the model incorporates dark matter, gas, and plasma interactions. With speeds reaching 1.4 exaFLOPS, ...

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  OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Launch AI Agents That Can Control Tasks on Computer

  OpenAI is reportedly planning to release artificial intelligence (AI) agents that can operate tasks on computer systems. As per a report, the company has been working on several agent-related research projects, one of which is dubbed “Operator” which can execute multi-step actions on computers. The AI agents are said to be released in January 2...

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  Opinion | Why Are So Many Tech Graduates In India Unemployable? It's The 'Cliff Effect'

  Knowing how to code is no longer enough. Thanks to AI, the job landscape is evolving rapidly, and employers in the coming years will seek candidates with deep domain knowledge and an interdisciplinary approach to problem-solving.

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  OpenAI Unveils GPT-4 Turbo With Vision Capabilities in API and ChatGPT

  OpenAI announced a major improvement to its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model GPT-4 Turbo on Tuesday. The AI model now comes with computer vision capabilities, allowing it to process and analyse multimedia inputs. It can answer questions about an image, video, and more. The company also highlighted several AI tools which are powered by GPT-...

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  LeftoverLocals GPU Flaw Exposes AI Data in Devices Equipped with Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm Hardware

  A security flaw affecting GPUs from AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, and Imagination can expose artificial intelligence (AI) data on the devices, according to security researchers. Several devices equipped with GPUs from these firms, including some iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers, are said to be affected by the vulnerability. Personal information being used i...

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  Google Chrome Update Fixes High-Severity Zero-Day Vulnerability That Was Actively Exploited

  Google Chrome has been updated with security patches that fix a flaw allowing malicious users to run dangerous code on a user's computer. Windows, macOS, and Linux computers running Chrome were affected by the flaw, but users who have opted to receive updates automatically should already be protected — others will have to manually check for updat...

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  Meet 6-Year-Old Simar Khurana, World's Youngest Videogame Developer

  Simar Khurana lives in Ontario, Canada, and started learning coding at the age of 6.

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  Gliding, Not Searching: Here’s How to Reset Your View of ChatGPT to Steer It to Better Results

  ChatGPT has exploded in popularity, and people are using it to write articles and essays, generate marketing copy and computer code, or simply as a learning or research tool. However, most people don’t understand how it works or what it can do, so they are either not happy with its results or not using it in a way that can draw out its best capab...

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  China Unveils Its Own Open-Source Operating System for Computers to Rival Windows, MacOS

  China has launched its first homegrown open-source operating system for computers, state media said on Thursday, as Beijing seeks to reduce its foreign dependence at a time of increased rivalry with the United States.

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  Twitter Reveals Parts of Source Code Behind the Microsite's Algorithm

  Twitter on Friday made public parts of the computer code that decides how the social media site recommends content, allowing users and programmers a peek into its workings and the ability to suggest modifications to the algorithm. The company said in a blog post it uploaded the code in two repositories on code-sharing platform Github.

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  Rare Computer Mouse That Inspired Steve Jobs Auctioned Off For Rs 1.48 Crore

  The rare three-button mouse and coding keyset was created by computing icon Douglas Engelbart.

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  OpenAI's GPT-4 'Exhibits Human-Level Performance', Will Respond to Both Image, Text Inputs

  OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT app that churns out essays, poems or computing code on command, released Tuesday a long-awaited update of its artificial intelligence (AI) technology that it said would be safer and more accurate than its predecessor. "We've created GPT-4, the latest milestone in OpenAI's effort in scaling up deep learning," a...

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  "More Creative, Still Flawed": ChatGPT Creator OpenAI Announces GPT-4

  The company behind the ChatGPT app that churns out essays, poems or computing code on command released Tuesday a long-awaited update of its artificial intelligence (AI) technology that it said would be safer and more accurate than its predecessor.

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  Amazon’s Cloud Unit Partners With Startup Hugging Face to Target AI Developers

  Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon.com, on Tuesday said it is collaborating with startup Hugging Face, a software development hub, to make it easier to carry out artificial intelligence work (AI) in Amazon's cloud. While new generative AI services like chat-based search engines from Microsoft and Alphabet's Google have ca...

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  Android 14 May Allow Some Phones to Be Used As Webcams: Report

  Since Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, Google has supported external USB cameras on its mobile operating system, Android. Third-party apps have also enabled users to connect their device to a computer and use it as a webcam, but Google appears to be taking this a step further by incorporating this feature as an inbuilt part of Android, which may arrive with...