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IEEE Spectrum Nonprofit Software Heritage has launched the CodeCommons project with the goal of creating the biggest repository of ethically sourced code for training AI models. CodeCommons will be focused on developing a unified data platform that gives researchers access to pre-cleaned code collections featuring license information, links to related research papers, and other metadata. […]

In a news conference on Tuesday, President Trump announced the Stargate Project, which he called “the largest AI infrastructure project, by far, in history.” With the CEOs of OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank at his side, Trump said that these companies and other private sector partners will invest up to US $500 billion in building data centers […]

Current self-driving bus trials involve buses operating at Level 3 autonomy, where human input is required occasionally. These trials are taking place on private campuses such as universities and medical centers, where traffic is light and speeds are low. The next goal involves rolling out Level 4 autonomous buses, capable of navigating public roads without […]

IEEE Spectrum Researchers at Pennsylvania State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology demonstrated that a neural network can achieve an accuracy of more than 90% while sampling as little as 10% of original sensor data. The method relies on a “shift-invariant spectrally stable undersampled network,” a neural network that uses “selective learning” to train […]

IEEE Spectrum Kinesis, Hyperbolic, Runpod, and Vast.ai are among the firms offering access to computing power to AI startups via GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS). GPUaaS is more cost-effective for AI startups by eliminating the need to purchase and maintain physical infrastructure and allowing startups to pay for their exact amount of GPU usage. It also is more […]

IEEE Spectrum The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) launched a pilot project in response to recent disruptions to undersea Internet data traffic. The goal of the HEIST project is to ensure that when underwater data cables are damaged, operators will know their precise locations in order to mitigate disruptions. The project also aims to expand […]

The outages underscore how much of the global communications and financial system hinges on a few hundred cables of bundled glass fibers that are strung across ocean floors around the world, each cable about the same diameter as a garden hose.

IEEE Spectrum Several Indian startups in the agritech sector offer technology to help farmers improve output while saving money. Fasal uses IoT sensors to collect data on soil moisture, rainfall, atmospheric pressure, wind speed, and humidity, which is fed into machine learning models with third-party weather data to make predictions about a farm’s microclimate. Custom-built […]

IEEE Spectrum A lickable lollipop-shaped device developed by researchers at the City University of Hong Kong can simulate taste in virtual reality. The device contains food-grade chemicals embedded in agarose gel, which are transported to the surface of the device in liquid form when voltage is applied to the gel. The liquid mixes with the […]

IEEE Spectrum The amount of concrete used in datacenter construction is challenging tech companies’ commitments to eliminate carbon emissions and bolster demand for green concrete. In response, an Open Compute Project Foundation-led initiative to speed testing and deployment of low-carbon concrete in datacenters has garnered support from Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. From “AI Rests […]