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Dec 6, 2016

Thieves can use web bots to guess your Visa card details

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

https://youtube.com/watch?v=uwvjZGKwKvY

Hope you had a great Cyber Monday.


It takes just 6 seconds to get the right numbers.

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Dec 6, 2016

Bot Memorial with Eugenia Kuyda

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

When a human passes away, we create a tombstone as a memorial. Friends and family visit a grave to remember the times they had with that person while they were still alive. Memorial bots are another way to celebrate the life of someone who has passed away. A memorial bot is created by taking the messages sent by a deceased person and passing it through a machine learning model in order to make a bot that replicates the deceased person.

Eugenia Kuyda is the CEO of Luka, a company that builds AI products. When her friend Roman Mazurenko suddenly died, she worked with her team to make a bot that replicates his speech patterns. In our interview, we discussed memorial bots, deep learning, and the product Luka is working on–Replika, a personal AI friend for anyone.

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Dec 6, 2016

DARPA Creating Industry/Government Group for Safe Operation of Space Robotics

Posted by in categories: government, robotics/AI

Starting to think that I need to be at DARPA.


Consortium For Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) envisions consensus-based technical standards that would encourage responsible on-orbit commercial servicing operations.

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Dec 6, 2016

US Lead in Quantum Computing ‘Under Siege,’ Says White House Cyber Adviser

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

The nation needs a workforce that can pursue quantum computing.

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Dec 6, 2016

New Developments in Quantum Computing Impact Bitcoin

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, computing, encryption, information science, quantum physics

Quantum computing might be closer than we thought, thanks to a series of newly developed scientific methods. Furthermore, a new implementation of Shor’s algorithm increases the urgency of getting Bitcoin ready for the advent of quantum computing.

Also read: NIST Starts Developing Quantum-Resistant Cryptography Standards.

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Dec 6, 2016

Quantum solar cells could explain why plants are green

Posted by in categories: quantum physics, solar power, sustainability

Quantum exposed the truth about why vegetation is often green.


An attempt to make more efficient solar cells shows that green light might be the least useful hue – maybe that’s why plants reflect it.

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Dec 6, 2016

Quantum computing: Probable solutions incredibly fast

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Although mainstream quantum computing is still years off, agencies are starting to experiment with D-Wave machines for optimization problems.

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Dec 6, 2016

Probing atomic structure and Majorana wavefunctions in mono-atomic Fe chains on superconducting Pb surface

Posted by in categories: nanotechnology, particle physics, quantum physics

Nice paper on Majorana fermions for information units in QC.


Majorana bound states in one-dimensional nanowires have attracted wide attention in recent years due to their potential use as qubits for topological quantum computation based on braiding.

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Dec 6, 2016

Conroy’s quantum warning: be ready

Posted by in categories: computing, economics, government, quantum physics, security

More folks warning others that you better be planning for a QC transformation as it is coming and is going to be probably the largest scale transformation the we have seen in the history of technology.


Former communications minister, Stephen Conroy has warned that Australian government technology decision makers need to start preparing for the development of quantum computing.

The former senator made the warning during a panel session at the Australian Computer Society’s Reimagination conference late last week. While still in its nascent development stages, the former minister for broadband communications and the digital economy said that it could have major national security implications.

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Dec 6, 2016

How the CRISPR Patent Fight Could Shape the Future of Genetic Engineering

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics

On Tuesday, the two feuding parties of the CRISPR gene editing patent fight entered the boxing ring: attorneys for each side made oral arguments before three-judge panel, in a case that not only puts billions of potential dollars at stake, but could define the future of genetic engineering.

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