Crypto-Jackers Target Exposed Kubernetes Workloads
As the Kubernetes cluster orchestrator moves deeper into enterprise infrastructure, cyber criminals continue to probe for weaknesses, frequently targeting application container image repositories. The latest onslaught involves misconfigured Kubeflow ...Full Article
Breaking Down Dark Data Barriers in Asset-Intensive Industries
The phrase “Dark Data” – referring to data that is unknown or untapped – has been bantered around technology conferences for years. Many industries are well on their way ...Full Article
Chip Architect Jim Keller Resigns from Intel
Prominent chip exec Jim Keller is parting ways with Intel, where he led the Silicon Engineering Group for two years. Keller resigned effective today (June 11) for “personal reasons,” ...Full Article
IBM Halts Facial Recognition Sales
In a nod to the national discussion on racial equality and law enforcement, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna this week said the company will no longer sell facial recognition technology. ...Full Article
AI Trust Remains an Issue in the Life Sciences
The rise of AI – machine and deep learning – in life sciences has stirred the same excitement and skepticism as in other fields of scientific research. AI is ...Full Article
DARPA Stress Tests its Hardware-Centric Security Approach
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency launched a cyber security effort several years back designed to replace commonly used security patches for software applications with the ability to spot ...Full Article
Deep Neural Networks are Easily Fooled – Here’s How Explainable AI Can Help
Many deep neural networks (DNNs) make their predictions from behind an incomprehensible “black box,” which leads domain experts to question the internal reasoning behind why the model made certain ...Full Article
Breaking Down COVID-19 Models – Limitations and the Promise of Machine Learning
Every major news outlet offers updates on infections, deaths, testing, and other metrics related to COVID-19. They also link to various models, such as those on HealthData.org, from The ...Full Article
Dell Integrates Bitfusion for vHPC, GPU ‘Pools’
Dell Technologies advanced its hardware virtualization strategy to AI workloads this week with the introduction of capabilities aimed at expanding access to GPU and HPC services via its EMC, ...Full Article
New Chip Approaches Seek to Keep Up with AI
Exploding data sets and complex software have made it harder for single-purpose platforms like ASICs to keep up with the growing demands of enterprise datacenters. Heavy investments in chip ...Full Article