Yoda: Microsoft Open Sources Artificial Intelligence Toolkit

Microsoft Open Sources Artificial Intelligence Toolkit Microsoft says its toolkit is “more efficient” than other solutions used to create deep learning models. The software giant has open sourced its Computational Network Toolkit, or CNTK, which the company says is “more efficient” than four other popular solutions used to create deep learning models for things like …

Nafeez Ahmed: Terror, climate chaos, financial crisis are the costs of ‘doing business’

Terror, climate chaos, financial crisis are the costs of ‘doing business’ The techno-narcissism of predatory neoliberal capitalism is locked into an endless war with the bastard monster of its own creation – Islamic State. Fifteen years into the 21st century, humanity has made little progress in addressing major threats to civilisation. In fact, on terrorism, …

Bill Gertz: CIA’s Massive Counterintelligence Failure (Unprofessional for Decades)

CIA fooled in massive counterintelligence failure, former officer writes Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon The CIA was fooled by scores of double agents pretending to be working for the agency but secretly loyal to communist spy agencies during the Cold War and beyond, according to a former CIA analyst, operations officer, and historian. The large-scale …

Review (Guest): The Devil’s Chessboard – Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government

From the Shadows of the Cold War: the Rise of the CIA by Ben Terrall in CounterPunch Veteran journalist David Talbot, founder and former editor-in-chief of Salon, doesn’t skim over the surfaces of things. . . . Talbot’s new book, The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government, is …

Ty Simpson: Blockchain & Non-Financial Innovation [Blockchain = Integrity]

Ten companies using the blockchain for non-financial innovation Companies discusses: ascribe, bitproof.io, UProov, Colu, Warranteer, Everledger, Filament, Genecoin, Provenance, Wave, IBREA, Phi Beta Iota: Ty Simpson helps us see that blockchain is about EVERYTHING, not just money. It is particularly (my view) about assuring the integrity of all information — including especially true cost information …