Apertus: a fully open, transparent, multilingual language model
Sep 2, 2025 -EPFL, ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) released Apertus today, Switzerland’s first large-scale, open, multilingual language model.
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TIME Reveals the 2025 TIME100 AI List
Aug 28, 2025 - TIME Reveals the 2025 TIME100 AI List of the World’s Most Influential People in Artificial Intelligence
Panama Playlists
Aug 28, 2025 - The Panama Papers revealed hidden bank accounts. This reveals hidden tastes.
General Assembly Takes Action on Drafts on Security Council Equitable Representation, Increased Membership, Artificial Intelligence, Other Matters | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
Aug 27, 2025 - The General Assembly meets today to take action on an oral draft decision regarding the “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”.
‘Vibe-hacking’ is now a top AI threat
Aug 27, 2025 - Anthropic’s new Threat Intelligence report, out today, details the wide range of cases in which Claude — and likely many other leading AI agents and chatbots — are being abused.
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.
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.
35 HPC Legends in 2025
Aug 26, 2025 - HPCwire is proud to announce the HPCwire 35 Legends Class of 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.”
Are you a Data Engineer or Data Scientist?
Aug 25, 2025 - Learn the key differences in roles, skills, responsibilities, and career paths — and see which career is right for you.
Old AI is beating new AI. Here's why — and why it matters
Aug 25, 2025 - While billions pour into ChatGPT-style technologies, traditional, less splashy AI continues to power everything from Meta's profits to rocket design
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
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.
Python usage growing while Foundation struggles for funds
Aug 19, 2025 - But 3.13 adoption lags as most devs stick with earlier releases
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Tracking Census Dataset Changes
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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
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.