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A Note on progress…NIST’s Digital Identity Guidelines.
In August 2023 the Digital Identity Guidelines team hosted a two-day workshop to provide a public update on the status of revision 4. As part of that session, we committed to providing further information on the status of each volume going forward. In fulfillment of this commitment, we wanted to offer a quick update on…
In Nashua, New Hampshire, the Biden-Harris Administration and BAE Systems, Inc. announce CHIPS Preliminary Terms to Support Important U.S. National Security Project
The U.S. Department of Commerce and BAE Systems Electronic Systems, a business division of BAEC, Inc., have signed an initial, non-binding memorandum of terms ( PMT ) to provide approximately, according to the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement today.
Guidelines for Evaluating Differential Privacy Guarantees in the Draft NIST SP 800- 226
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the publication of the NIST Special Publication ( SP) 800-226 Initial Public Draft ( IPD), Guidelines for Evaluating Differential Privacy Guarantees. This publication focuses on enhancing privacy by promoting differential privacy.
In the AI Era, NIST Provides Draft Guidance on Assessing a Privacy Protection Technique
One of the tasks listed in the most recent Executive Order on AI has been completed by the agency.
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A plastic-free gift guide for last-minute stocking stuffers
Sustainable holiday gifts that are actually fun to receive. For many, waking up on Christmas morning to a tree overflowing with presents and stockings peeking over the mantel isn’t just a child’s fantasy—excess can be an iconic part of the holiday season. But even if you’re all about the joy of giving (or getting), the…
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Why this Denver company is giving $750 a month to pregnant women
Goldbug is funding a guaranteed income pilot for pregnant women—the first privately financed program like it in the country. Maternal mortality has been on the rise in the U.S. at the same time that childcare, healthcare, and housing costs are rising. A new initiative in Denver hopes to help combat those issues by improving the…
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Today’s top business headlines: Elon Musk’s AI venture, Shein IPO, and Meta’s Purple Llama announcement
The business news that we’re following closely today. Meta: Facebook and Instagram’s parent company announced Purple Llama, a project that prioritizes safety tools and best practices amidst the AI renaissance and the risks coupled with it. Read: Announcing Purple Llama: Towards open trust and safety in the new world of generative AIRead Full Story
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Scientists have yet to find a superconductor that works at room temperature—and that’s a big problem
Claims about the discovery of a coveted room-temperature superconductor peppered the news in 2023. If you hadn’t heard about superconductors before 2023, odds are you know what they are now. Researchers raised eyebrows early in the year with claims of operational room-temperature superconductors, though none has been substantiated, and one paper from researchers at the University of Rochester…
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This new research hub wants to record your life history via your cells
The Allen Institute, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and University of Washington launch the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology to capture biology in real time. What mysteries might a time-lapse of a single cell unlock, and how might it transform our understanding of disease and the body’s most granular processes—over the long term and in real time,…
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P(doom) is AI’s latest apocalypse metric. Here’s how to calculate your score
Silicon Valley is buzzing about this simple way to sum up tech doomerism. Where are you on the scale of 1 to 100? So, what’s your p(doom) score?Read Full Story