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Peter Grad

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Peter Grad was a reporter, columnist and editor at newspapers in his hometown of the Bronx; Meriden, Conn., and then (for 32 years) in New Jersey at The Record. He was the Op-Ed Page editor at The Record for 18 years and also contributed a weekly computer column beginning in the nineties under the titles "The Computer Tutor" and "The PC Guy."" He designed a prototype for a video- and audio-enhanced online multimedia newspaper for The Record years before that became the norm for the nation's.

Articles by Peter Grad

Tech Xplore / AI model instantly generates 3D image from 2D sample

In the rapidly emerging world of large-scale computing, it was just a matter of time before a game-changing achievement was poised to shake up the field of 3D visualizations.

Nov 13, 2023
Tech Xplore / Honeybee behavior as a model for decision-making in a kilobot swarm

Researchers at the University of Barcelona have made a sweet discovery: Honeybees make great subjects when studying the dynamic of group behavior and decision-making.

Nov 9, 2023
Tech Xplore / Japanese scientist conquers the board game Othello

"Othello is now solved." With that summation, a researcher at a Japanese computer company confirmed yet another milestone in supercomputing achievement.

Nov 8, 2023
Tech Xplore / Tool detects AI-generated text in science journals

In an era of heightened concern in academia regarding AI-generated essays, there is reassuring news from the University of Kansas.

Nov 7, 2023
Tech Xplore / GPT-4 falls short of Turing threshold

One question has relentlessly followed ChatGPT in its trajectory to superstar status in the field of artificial intelligence: Has it met the Turing test of generating output indistinguishable from human response?

Nov 2, 2023
Tech Xplore / Salt solution cools computers, boosts performance

Researchers at the City University of Hong Kong found the secret to a more efficient, less expensive approach to keeping massive computer systems cool: Just add salt.

Nov 1, 2023
Tech Xplore / Sabotage tool takes on AI image scrapers

Artists who have stood by helplessly as their online works remained ripe for the picking without authorization by AI web scraping operations can finally fight back.

Oct 25, 2023
Tech Xplore / Robots learn faster with AI boost from Eureka

Intelligent robots are reshaping our universe. In New Jersey's Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, AI-assisted robots are bringing a new level of security to doctors and patients by scanning every inch of the premises ...

Oct 24, 2023
Tech Xplore / Study: AI can boost Wikipedia reliability

There are enough differing opinions about the usefulness of Wikipedia to fill, well, an encyclopedia.

Oct 23, 2023
Phys.org / Large language models prove helpful in peer-review process

In an era plagued by malevolent sources flooding the internet with misrepresentations, distortions, manipulated imagery and flat-out lies, it should come as some comfort that in at least one arena there is an honor system ...

Oct 19, 2023
Tech Xplore / Chatbots reveal troubling ability to infer private data

The ability of chatbots to infer private details about users from otherwise innocuous texts is a cause for concern, say Swiss university researchers at ETH Zurich.

Oct 18, 2023
Tech Xplore / Research team counters solar energy misinformation

Resistance to adoption of solar panels as an economical and efficient replacement for fossil fuels is based on inaccurate information being spread by foes of renewable energy.

Oct 16, 2023
Tech Xplore / Study: Digital watermark protections can be easily bypassed

Perhaps the most chilling aspect of AI is its capacity to generate deepfake images.

Oct 8, 2023
Tech Xplore / AI model beats PNG and FLAC at compression

What would we do without compression?

Oct 3, 2023
Tech Xplore / Is explosive growth ahead for AI?

As we plunge head-on into the game-changing dynamic of general artificial intelligence, observers are weighing in on just how huge an impact it will have on global societies. Will it drive explosive economic growth as some ...

Oct 2, 2023