The Data Systems Group (DSG) at MIT
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13 headlinesMacro Evals for Agentic Systems
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How health care systems shape native preferences for immigrants
In recent years, anti-immigration sentiment has become increasingly common around the world. A common concern surrounding immigration is its potential impact on the host country's welfare system, including health care. Such concerns can reduce public support for accepting immigrants and for red...
Modular Power Systems Company ERock Raises $600 Million in IPO
ERock Inc. raised $600 million in a US initial public offering, pricing its shares at the midpoint of its marketed range.
To achieve 'AI for all' in agriculture, Canada's farmers need regional, systems‑level change
Artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping the contours of life as we know it. In agriculture, the world market for AI is expected to reach almost US$47 billion by 2034. AI enables higher farm yields with fewer inputs, an outcome that matters deeply in an era of climate uncertainty...
We Replaced 40 Legacy Systems: Here's What We Got Wrong
If you are about to embark on a multi-system consolidation, read this list twice, and assume you'll rediscover at least three of these the hard way anyway. The hardest part of modernization is not the technology. It is the discipline to make agreements stick.
A Scientific Achievement That’s Totally Random
Encryption systems rely on “random” numbers, but conventional computers can’t generate them perfectly. New research shows that quantum physics can.
Closing the security gap in space systems
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Quantum memory surpasses classical limits for storing unknown quantum operations
Quantum memories, systems that store and retrieve information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, can outperform classical storage systems on some existing tasks. Yet these promising memories could also complete operations that are very difficult or impossible for classical systems, including...
Virtual OS Museum lets you relive over 600 operating systems on your desktop
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A Systems-Theory Approach to AI Alignment and Human Agency
This essay argues that sustainable systems require a stable, low-entropy foundation or "kernel" before meaningful complexity can emerge. Drawing parallels across physics, biology, psychology, and artificial intelligence, it proposes an Axiomatic Model (AXM) in which AI alignment, personal resili...
Powering Up a Pluggable Module from the 1948 IBM 604 Electronic Calculator
In that awkward transition phase between electromechanical accounting systems used in the 1940s and the introduction of fully digital computers we find systems such as the IBM 604 Electronic Calculator, …read more
Show HN: Mach – A compiled systems language looking for contributions
Hi HN, I'm the creator of Mach ( https://github. com/octalide/mach or https://machlang. org ).