by Ken Chiacchia | May 24, 2024 | AI, Bridges-2, Science Highlights
A prompt for Mexican dancers from an AI image generator produced the strange ballerinas at left; a new CMU-designed filter makes the image more appropriate and realistic, right. Image credit: Zhixuan Liu, Jean Oh, et al. 2024. SCoFT: Self-Contrastive Fine-Tuning for...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 6, 2024 | Bridges-2, Neocortex, News, Press release, User News, What's new on Bridges-2
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center’s Bridges-2 supercomputer is now available to scientists through the National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot Project, joining the center’s Neocortex AI system in the second-round call for research proposals by a National...
by Ken Chiacchia | May 2, 2024 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Developing blood clot, with fibrin “cables” (yellow), being pulled together by platelets (off-white). Clots that trap more red blood cells (red) may not contract as effectively, slowing healing. Adobe Stock image: 240_F_453411695_2N2Jddctb1vWwqowio9hVtKoNrZ76X65.jpg...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 26, 2024 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
Simulated bacteria growing on a flat surface (left) versus on a sphere (right). The simulation recreates the growth of real bacteria raised in the lab; it also shows that when the microbes grow on progressively smaller curved surfaces, the areas of alignment become...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 13, 2024 | Bridges-2, Science Highlights
By Kimberly Mann Bruch and Advay Shindikar, San Diego Supercomputer Center, and Ken Chiacchia, PSC Red-tailed boa. The species is classified as “vulnerable;” scientists would like to see it protected. A study of a devastating virus that affects it is providing clues...
by Ken Chiacchia | Feb 29, 2024 | AI, Bridges-2, News, Press release
Julie E. Elie and Boaz Styr, UC Berkeley Non-Gene Regulatory DNA Identified via Artificial Intelligence also Associated with Autism in Humans The vocalizations of humans, bats, whales, seals, and songbirds are vastly different from each other. Humans and birds, for...
