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Report Offers Guidance for Government on AI Adoption

Aug 26, 2025 - The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's new release cautions public-sector agencies against acquiring AI-powered tools without giving them an adequate level of vetting and governance.

Report Offers Guidance for Government on AI Adoption

Flock Pledges Changes After Illinois Data-Sharing Accusation

Aug 26, 2025 - An Illinois audit found that a popular provider of license plate reading technology violated data protection law. In response, the company paused all federal pilot projects and outlined new distinct search permissions.

Flock Pledges Changes After Illinois Data-Sharing Accusation

35 HPC Legends in 2025

Aug 26, 2025 - HPCwire is proud to announce the HPCwire 35 Legends Class of 2025.

35 HPC Legends in 2025

Attorneys General To AI Chatbot Companies: You Will ‘Answer For It’ If You Harm Children

Aug 25, 2025 - Forty-four attorneys general signed an open letter on Monday that says to companies developing AI chatbots: "If you knowingly harm kids, you will answer for it.”

Attorneys General To AI Chatbot Companies: You Will ‘Answer For It’ If You Harm Children

Congress.gov’s API Has Gone Dark, Impacting Data Access

Aug 25, 2025 - An outage has halted automated access to congressional data, raising questions about whether the breakdown stems from a glitch or something more serious.

Congress.gov’s API Has Gone Dark, Impacting Data Access

D.C.'s Data Dilemma: When Portals and Dashboards Aren't Enough

Aug 25, 2025 - A presidential order and police union claims have fueled doubt about D.C.'s crime numbers. This prompts a critical question for governments: What should open data portals share that can't be captured by numbers alone?

D.C.'s Data Dilemma: When Portals and Dashboards Aren't Enough

8 Women, 4 Bedrooms and 1 Cause: Breaking A.I.’s Glass Ceiling

Aug 23, 2025 - FoundHer House, a home in San Francisco’s Glen Park neighborhood, is the rare all-female hacker house where residents are creating a supportive community to build their start-ups.

8 Women, 4 Bedrooms and 1 Cause: Breaking A.I.’s Glass Ceiling

UNESCO Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Aug 23, 2025 - The aim of the Global AI Ethics and Governance Observatory is to provide a global resource for policymakers, regulators, academics, the private sector and civil society to find solutions to the most pressing challenges posed by AI

UNESCO Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Who will maintain the future? Rethinking open source leadership for a new generation

Aug 20, 2025 - Open source is aging. We can better support Gen Z contributors through purpose, flexibility, and pathways to leadership.

Who will maintain the future? Rethinking open source leadership for a new generation

Harvard dropouts to launch 'always on' AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation

Aug 20, 2025 - After developing a facial-recognition app for Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microphone.

Harvard dropouts to launch 'always on' AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation

Python usage growing while Foundation struggles for funds

Aug 19, 2025 - But 3.13 adoption lags as most devs stick with earlier releases

Python usage growing while Foundation struggles for funds

Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

Aug 18, 2025 - Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.

Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

NIST Guidelines Can Help Organizations Detect Face Photo Morphs, Deter Identity Fraud

Aug 18, 2025 - Face morphing software, which combines photos of different people into a single image, is being used to commit identity fraud.

NIST Guidelines Can Help Organizations Detect Face Photo Morphs, Deter Identity Fraud

NSF and NVIDIA partnership enables Ai2 to develop fully open AI models to fuel U.S. scientific innovation

Aug 14, 2025 - The NSF announced a partnership with NVIDIA to develop a set of AI models.

NSF and NVIDIA partnership enables Ai2 to develop fully open AI models to fuel U.S. scientific innovation

Elsevier’s 121 million data point database is now searchable by AI

Aug 13, 2025 - Elsevier is going all in on AI and data. The latest release is an AI-powered search engine for its chemistry database, Reaxys.

Elsevier’s 121 million data point database is now searchable by AI

The ‘godfather of AI’ reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI

Aug 13, 2025 - Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI,” fears the technology he helped build could wipe out humanity — and “tech bros” are taking the wrong approach to stop it.

The ‘godfather of AI’ reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI

GPT-5: has AI just plateaued?

Aug 11, 2025 - GPT-5’s focus on routing queries to the best model could be an admission that LLMs can’t get much smarter.

GPT-5: has AI just plateaued?

AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview

Aug 12, 2023 - More companies are returning to the old-school, face-to-face meeting to combat cheating by candidates and more ominous digital threats

AI Is Forcing the Return of the In-Person Job Interview

Improved Map Accuracy in plotly.js with UN Geodata

Aug 12, 2025 - Plotly.js v3.1.0 introduces new maps based on UN geodata, replacing Natural Earth to better represent disputed and unclaimed territories.

Improved Map Accuracy in plotly.js with UN Geodata

Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse

Aug 12, 2025 - A complaint raises concerns about the funding risks and a "toxic" culture at the Alan Turing Institute.

Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse

Tracking Census Dataset Changes

See when the U.S. Census Bureau adds or removes datasets.

Tracking Census Dataset Changes

Scaling Intelligence: The Exponential Growth of AI's Power Needs

Aug 11, 2025 - A high end for a single frontier model approached 1% of total U.S. power capacity. Forecasts suggest AI could consume over 5% of U.S. generation capacity by 2030

Scaling Intelligence: The Exponential Growth of AI's Power Needs

Reddit is restricting its availability to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine

Aug 11, 2025 - The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is the latest victim of Reddit's crackdown on data access.

Reddit is restricting its availability to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine

Inside the $10,000 Job Search: Career Coaching, LinkedIn Fees, Résumé Help

Aug 10, 2025 - The costs of finding work climb as job hunts stretch over months. “It’s trying to be louder than anyone else.”

Inside the $10,000 Job Search: Career Coaching, LinkedIn Fees, Résumé Help

Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.

Aug 10, 2025 - As companies like Amazon and Microsoft lay off workers and embrace A.I. coding tools, computer science graduates say they’re struggling to land tech jobs.

Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.

Deepfaked after death: Some don't want it

Aug 9, 2025 - Some people are adding clauses to their wills asking not to be reincarnated with AI.

Deepfaked after death: Some don't want it

AI is helping to keep the economy afloat

Aug 8, 2025 - AI spending contributed more to US GDP growth than consumer spending did last quarter.

AI is helping to keep the economy afloat

Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.

Aug 8, 2025 - Over 21 days of talking with ChatGPT, an otherwise perfectly sane man became convinced that he was a real-life superhero. NYT analyzed the conversation.

Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.

OpenAI’s new GPT-5 models announced early by GitHub

Aug 7, 2025 - GitHub has accidentally announced OpenAI’s new range of GPT-5 models.

OpenAI’s new GPT-5 models announced early by GitHub

NSF invests nearly $32M to accelerate novel AI-driven approaches in protein design, strengthening the U.S. bioeconomy

Aug 7, 2025 - The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships announced an inaugural investment of nearly $32 million to five teams across the U.S.

NSF invests nearly $32M to accelerate novel AI-driven approaches in protein design, strengthening the U.S. bioeconomy