Worth Reading: We’re in the brute force phase of AI when GPUs are needed 18 September 2024 AI techniques that require specialist hardware are “doomed,” according to analyst firm Gartner’s chief of research for AI Erick Brethenoux – who included GPUs in his definition of endangered kit. Worth Reading: Using 240.0/4 17 September 2024 In the IANA IPv4 Address registry a block of addresses, 240.0.0.0/4 is marked as reserved for “Future Use””. If we have run out of available IPv4 addresses, then why are some quarter of a billion IPv4 addresses still sitting idle in an IANA registry waiting for an undefined Future Use? Worth Reading: Is AI Quietly Sabotaging Itself—And The Internet? 17 September 2024 University of Oxford’s Dr. Ilia Shumailov and the team of researchers discovered that when generative AI software relies solely on content produced by genAI, the responses begin to degrade, according to the study published in Nature last month. Worth Reading: US sets reporting requirements for AI models, hardware 16 September 2024 The US Commerce Department has proposed a fresh set of reporting requirements for developers of cutting-edge AI models and those renting the infrastructure required to train them. Worth Reading: Hypergiants are increasingly serving more content via local IPv6 networks 16 September 2024 Today, most Internet traffic is served by Akamai, Google, Meta, and Netflix. These hypergiants deliver most of the content through globally distributed servers. These servers can be on-net (within the hypergiant’s network) or off-net (hosted in other networks, typically ISPs). Worth Reading: In Defense of Object-Oriented Programming 12 September 2024 It has been fashionable to condemn object-oriented programming (OOP) for a long time. The practice was already proclaimed dead in 2006, and the stream of long critical articles and silly tweets on the subject continues to this day. Worth Reading: Tonga Communications Corporation IPv6 project 12 September 2024 The Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC) has been actively deploying IPv6 across its network, aiming to enhance Internet connectivity and future-proof its infrastructure. Worth Reading: Crafting endless AS-PATHS in BGP 11 September 2024 Combining BGP confederations and AS override can potentially create a BGP routing loop, resulting in an indefinitely expanding AS-PATH. Worth Reading: White House brands BGP routing a ‘national security concern’ as it unveils reform roadmap 11 September 2024 The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) has published its roadmap for fixing increasingly troublesome security weaknesses in the Internet’s core routing protocol, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Worth Reading: [Podcast] The APNIC Labs measurement system 10 September 2024 In this episode of PING, Joao Damas from APNIC Labs explores the mechanics of the lab measurement system. 1 2 3 … 35 Next »
