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Screenshot of ethz.ch: The far side of the Moon provides clues to a previous magnetic field

The far side of the Moon provides clues to a previous magnetic field (ethz.ch)

17 points by croes 1 month ago | 1 comments

ETH Zurich news article on research using the Moon's far side to show the Moon once had an internal magnetic field generated by a dynamo like Earth's.

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Screenshot of apertvs.ai: Apertus – Open Foundation Model for Sovereign AI

Apertus – Open Foundation Model for Sovereign AI (apertvs.ai)

503 points by T-A 4 months ago | 168 comments

Landing page for Apertus, a fully open foundation model with open weights, data, and science, developed by the Swiss AI Initiative (EPFL, ETH Zurich, CSCS).

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Screenshot of ethz.ch: ETH Zurich and EPFL to release a LLM developed on public infrastructure

ETH Zurich and EPFL to release a LLM developed on public infrastructure (ethz.ch)

654 points by andy99 1 year ago | 91 comments

ETH Zurich news article announcing that ETH Zurich and EPFL will release an open, multilingual LLM trained on the Alps supercomputer at CSCS.

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Screenshot of comsec.ethz.ch: Branch Privilege Injection: Exploiting branch predictor race conditions

Branch Privilege Injection: Exploiting branch predictor race conditions (comsec.ethz.ch)

397 points by alberto-m 1 year ago | 177 comments

ETH Zurich COMSEC research page on Branch Privilege Injection, a class of Intel CPU vulnerabilities exploiting branch predictor race conditions to leak privileged memory.

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Screenshot of ethz.ch: Autonomous excavator constructs a six-metre-high dry-stone wall

Autonomous excavator constructs a six-metre-high dry-stone wall (ethz.ch)

499 points by belter 2 years ago | 163 comments

ETH Zurich news article about researchers teaching an autonomous excavator to build a six-metre-high dry-stone wall from boulders and demolition debris.

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Screenshot of ethz.ch: New world record with an electric racing car: From 0 to 100 in 0.956 seconds

New world record with an electric racing car: From 0 to 100 in 0.956 seconds (ethz.ch)

336 points by ldes 3 years ago | 258 comments

ETH Zurich news article on a student-built electric racing car setting a world record by accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 0.956 seconds.

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#eth-zurich on Hacker News

The far side of the Moon provides clues to a previous magnetic field(ethz.ch)

Apertus – Open Foundation Model for Sovereign AI(apertvs.ai)

ETH Zurich and EPFL to release a LLM developed on public infrastructure(ethz.ch)

Branch Privilege Injection: Exploiting branch predictor race conditions(comsec.ethz.ch)

Autonomous excavator constructs a six-metre-high dry-stone wall(ethz.ch)

New world record with an electric racing car: From 0 to 100 in 0.956 seconds(ethz.ch)