Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents ‘Ethics, Love And The Alignment Problem In Artificial Intelligence’ Aug. 5
Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum News:
Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum 2025 Summer Lecture Series Presents “Ethics, Love and the Alignment Problem in Artificial Intelligence” by Dr. James Carroll, Tuesday, Aug. 5 at the Los Alamos Unitarian Church. A light meal will be served at 6 p.m. with the lecture beginning at 6:30 p.m. The presentation will be recorded and streamed to the ZOOM site given at: https://losalamosfaithandscienceforum.org.
One of the largest unsolved problems in artificial intelligence is the so-called “alignment problem”, that is, the problem of creating an AI that Read More
New Documents Added To Electronic Public Reading Room
LANL News:
The following documents have been added to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Electronic Reading Room.
The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- Settlement Agreement and Stipulated Final Order HWB-14-20, Annual Report for Period Ending July 22, 2025 (EPA ID# NM0890010515)
- Monthly Notification of Groundwater Data Reviewed in July 2025
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Wedding Announcement: Krista Black & Hunter Lee Dyer July 26, 2025
Krista Black and Hunter Lee Dyer were married Saturday, July 26, 2025, at St. John’s United Methodist Church in Santa Fe. Dyer is from Chatsworth, GA, and Black is from Roswell. They both work at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and live in Santa Fe. Dyer was a US Naval Submariner for 24 years and Black has worked at LANL since 2006. Courtesy photo Read More
LACDC Recognizes Cindy Rooney And David Horpedahl For Longtime Service And Dedication During 2025 Board Retreat
At its 2025 Board Retreat, July 21 at the Research Park, the Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation (LACDC) Board of Directors, including Immediate Past Chair Bill Wadt, left, with Executive Director Lauren McDaniel, right, recognized former UNM-LA Chancellor Cindy Rooney, center, and Realtor David Horpedahl for their longtime dedication and service as they step off the board. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Shown here at the 2025 Board Retreat, July 21 at the Research Park, the LACDC Board of Directors, including Bill Wadt, left, with Executive Director Lauren McDaniel, Read More
Native Workforce Partners Launches Their Next Chapter In Collaboration With LANL Foundation
NWP News:
The LANL Foundation joins the New Mexico Native Workforce Partners (NWP) in celebrating a major milestone in the evolution of their workforce-focused coalition — signing a fiscal sponsorship agreement with New Mexico Community Trust.
Since 2023, the LANL Foundation has stood shoulder‑to‑shoulder with NWP, a coalition representing fifteen Tribes, Nations, Pueblos, and nonprofits across New Mexico and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in El Paso, Texas. NWP works to create opportunities for all Native Americans to achieve economic security and prosperity by coordinating with employers, Read More
How Los Alamos National Laboratory Is Addressing ‘Forever Chemicals’ Known As PFAS … With This Nationwide Contaminant Of Concern, LANL Is Ahead Of The Curve
Sarah Holcomb and Randy Vigil check a device that collects wastewater samples entering and leaving Laboratory property. The samples assess the effectiveness of the treatment process for PFAS as well as other substances. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
They’re arguably the most talked about chemicals of our time, pervasive in everyday products and linked to a litany of adverse health effects. They are so widespread, in fact, that they’ve been detected in snowmelt on Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth.
Known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, high levels have been found Read More
LANL Team Finds New Path Toward Quantum Machine Learning, Publishes Paper In Nature Physics
A Los Alamos National Laboratory team has developed a new method to bring Gaussian processes to quantum computers. Credit to: GPT-4o
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Neural networks revolutionized machine learning for classical computers: self-driving cars, language translation and even artificial intelligence software were all made possible. It is no wonder, then, that researchers wanted to transfer this same power to quantum computers — but all attempts to do so brought unforeseen problems. Recently, however, a team at Los Alamos National Laboratory developed a new way to bring these same mathematical Read More
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