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AI will design drugs in the next couple of years, says Google Deepmind boss – City A.M.
Tuesday 27 February 2024 6:00 am The chief executive of Google DeepMind has said artificial intelligence (AI) could be designing drugs in clinics within the next couple of years. Demis Hassabis, who founded DeepMind in the UK in 2010, said AI will have a material impact on drug discovery
‘Mind-blowing’ deep sea expedition uncovers more than 100 new species and a gigantic underwater mountain – Livescience.com
A deep-sea expedition off the coast of Chile has uncovered a treasure trove of scientific wonders, including more than 100 previously unknown marine species and a handful of never-before-seen underwater mountains the largest of which is around four times the size of the world's tallest building. Incredible photos and video footage of the underwater landscape also showcase a menagerie of deep-sea weirdos, including intricate sponges, spiraling corals, a beady-eye lobster, a bizarre stack of oblong sea urchins and a bright red "sea toad" with hands for fins
Google AI expert tackles inappropriate images and bad actors – Mobile World Live
The head of Googles DeepMind Technologies said recent high-profile problems with pictures generated by the search giants Gemini AI would be resolved in a matter of weeks, as he conceded there are several pitfalls to be negotiated before the true potential of generative AI (genAI) can be unlocked. In a timely MWC keynote, DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis (pictured) explained some elements of an image-generating feature in Gemini had provided unintended results, particularly for queries involving historical figures. Plenty of news sites have reported how Gemini had produced culturally inappropriate images
Qubits are notoriously prone to failure but building them from a single laser pulse may change this – Livescience.com
Scientists have created an error-free quantum bit, or qubit, from a single pulse of light, raising hopes for a light-based room-temperature quantum computer in the future. While bits in classical computers store information as either 1 or 0, qubits in quantum computers can encode information as a superposition of 1 and 0, meaning one qubit can adopt both states simultaneously
Wall Street Favorites: 3 Quantum Computing Stocks with Strong Buy Ratings for February 2024 – InvestorPlace
These three quantum computing stocks are worth buying in February 2024 Once people are done fawning over generative AI, investors might think, what will be the next big thing? The field ofquantum computingmay be just that.
Quantum Computing Breakthrough: New Fusion of Materials Has All the Components Required for a Unique Type of … – SciTechDaily
Researchers at Penn State have introduced a groundbreaking material fusion that enables a new form of superconductivity, crucial for advancing quantum computing and exploring the theoretical chiral Majorana particles. Their study demonstrates how combining magnetic materials can lead to emergent superconductivity, marking a significant leap in creating chiral topological superconductors and potentially unlocking new avenues in quantum computing research. A new fusion of materials, each with special electrical properties, has all the components required for a unique type of superconductivity that could provide the basis for more robust quantum computing
Government of Canada Supports Xanadu to Accelerate Quantum Computing Research and Education – HPCwire
TORONTO, Feb. 23, 2024 Xanadu, a world leader in photonic quantum computing, received a repayable contribution from the Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), to help companies advance and commercialize their quantum products. This funding, through the Regional Quantum Initiative (RQI), will accelerate the development of PennyLane, Xanadus open-source, cloud-based software framework for quantum machine learning, quantum chemistry, and quantum computing
Apple is already defending iMessage against tomorrow’s quantum computing attacks – The Verge
Apples security team claims to have achieved a breakthrough that advances the state of the art of end-to-end messaging. With the upcoming release of iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, and watchOS 10.4, the company is bringing a new cryptographic protocol called PQ3 to iMessage that it purports to offer even more robust encryption and defenses against sophisticated quantum computing attacks
DCD Podcast – The fundamentals of quantum computing, with Yuval Boger, QuEra – DCD – DatacenterDynamics
Over the years, several players have emerged in the quantum computing market, offering a variety of approaches to the technology. From trapped ions to photonic or superconducting, these systems all show promise and all face significant challenges to becoming commercially viable. In this Zero Downtime podcast episode, we are joined by Yuval Boger of QuEra, a neutral atom-based quantum computer company, to talk about the different types of quantum computers and the challenges in making them powerful and accurate enough for widespread adoption and deployment.
Apple to launch PQ3 update for iMessage, bolstering encryption against quantum computing – ReadWrite
Apple has confirmed its plans to launch its newest iMessage security protocol, named PQ3, in response to what it claims is a future threat from quantum computers, according to a recent PCMag report.