Elecrow responded apologized for AI voice cloning Elecrow responded, apologized for AI voice cloning AI voice cloning is a tool. It can be used, and it can be abused. Your browser does not support the video tag. Last week I was made aware that
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Quantum Computing Between Hope and Hype So, back in June the White House announced that UCLA would host a binational US/India workshop, for national security officials from both countries to learn about the current status of quantum computing and post-quantum cryptography. It fell to my friend and colleague Rafail Ostrovsky to organize the workshop, which ended
AI transcript of my AI podcast In the comments of my last post—on a podcast conversation between me and Dan Fagella—I asked whether readers wanted me to use AI to prepare a clean written transcript of the conversation, and several people said yes. I’ve finally gotten around to doing that, using GPT-4o. The main thing I
They stole my voice with AI They stole my voice with AI UPDATE 9/23: The CEO of Elecrow responded. I’ve posted a follow-up blog post with my reaction to the response and some other thoughts on AI voice cloning. Listen to this clip:
Doubly Linked Lists Very occasionally I write articles or long form notes around some idea or piece of technology that I want to think more deeply about, this is one of those notes that I managed to organise into a post, this time exploring the time honoured double Linked List data structure. A doubly linked
Sipeed NanoKVM A RISC-V stick-on Sipeed NanoKVM: A RISC-V stick-on This is the Sipeed NanoKVM. You stick it on your computer, plug in HDMI, USB, and the power button, and you get full remote control over the network—even if your computer locks up. How did
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Things Ive learned serving on the board of the Python Software Foundation
My podcast with Dan Faggella Dan Faggella recorded an unusual podcast with me that’s now online. He introduces me as a “quantum physicist,” which is something that I never call myself (I’m a theoretical computer scientist) but have sort of given up on not being called by others. But the ensuing 85-minute conversation has virtually