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NOAA: Global Combined Land and Ocean Surface Temperature Was Second Warmest for September

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Based on records going back to 1880, the monthly National Climatic Data Center analysis is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides. below the 1979-2000 average, and the 13 th consecutive September with below-average Arctic sea ice extent. above the 1979-2000 average. Credit: NOAA. Click to enlarge.

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Announcing a Benchmark to Improve AI Safety

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The latest smartphones are more powerful than the fastest supercomputers from the year 2000. All the parts of our computing systems today are benchmarked—that is, compared to similar components in a controlled way, with quantitative score assessments. Measurement of performance, though, is not limited to chips.

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