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AI – Monday, January 27, 2025: Commentary with Notable and Interesting News, Articles, and Papers

Commentary and a selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI. Today’s Brief Commentary The first link today is to an update from The Futurum Group about the advanced semiconductor AI accelerator market. Everything else is about Generative AI. It’s easy to say that GenAI is over-hyped (it is), dominates the…

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AI – Sunday, December 15, 2024: Commentary with Notable and Interesting News, Articles, and Papers

Commentary and a selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI. Today’s Brief Commentary I spent this last week at the Q2B conference in Santa Clara, California, so my mind has focused more on quantum technologies than AI. That’s my excuse for playing catch-up on AI topics in this newsletter edition….

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Quantum – Tuesday, December 10, 2024: Commentary with Notable and Interesting News, Articles, and Papers

Today’s Brief Commentary I’m writing this on the afternoon of December 10, the first full day of Q2B Silicon Valley in Santa Clara. Today’s news links have a few items from last week, more world leadership, which I have highlighted, and important news from Infleqtion/NVIDIA and Google. Infleqtion has now demonstrated logical qubits via NVIDIA’s…

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Quantum – Friday, October 18, 2024: Notable and Interesting News, Articles, and Papers

Commentary and a selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Quantum. Today’s Brief Commentary Regarding “hybrid quantum computing,” please try to use a quantum computer with no classical computer in the process. No laptop, no cloud, no classical control, no classical processes in the workflow, no classical code at all. You…

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AI – Tuesday, October 1, 2024: Notable and Interesting News, Articles, and Papers

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI. General News, Articles, and Analyses CIOs turn to NIST to tackle generative AI’s many risks | CIO Dive https://www.ciodive.com/news/cio-generative-ai-risk-mitigation-strategy-NIST-framework/728257/ Author: Lindsey Wilkinson (Monday, September 30, 2024) “Discover’s risk reduction strategy closely follows the guidance laid out by the National Institute of Standards…

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Quantum – Friday, September 20, 2024: Notable and Interesting News, Articles, and Papers

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Quantum. General News, Articles, and Analyses Construction on Colorado quantum campus launches ‘America’s response’ to beat China | Business | denvergazette.com https://denvergazette.com/news/business/quantum-campus-groundbreaking-arvada-colorado/article_6c7fc4fc-7479-11ef-894e-b30adae78b1b.html Author: Bernadette Berdychowski (Monday, September 16, 2024) “It’s the first major investment into the region’s quantum industry since being named one…

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Quantum – Tuesday, September 17, 2024: Notable and Interesting News, Articles, and Papers

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about Quantum. General News, Articles, and Analyses So you want to build a quantum computer? – Nextgov/FCW https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2024/09/so-you-want-build-quantum-computer/399478/ Author: Alexandra Kelley (Thursday, September 12, 2024) “Leading researchers at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois spoke with Nextgov/FCW about the integrative work that bridges the gap…

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AI Chipsets – Wednesday, August 14, 2024: Notable and Interesting News, Articles, and Papers

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI chipsets. News, Articles, and Analyses GlobalFoundries Reports Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results – The Futurum Group https://futurumgroup.com/insights/globalfoundries-reports-second-quarter-2024-financial-results/ Author: Dr. Bob Sutor (Wednesday, August 7, 2024) “GlobalFoundries’ Q2 2024 financial results highlight resilience and strategic focus through innovative acquisitions and sustainable growth.” Nvidia…

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Quantum – Thursday, August 08, 2024: Notable and Interesting News, Articles, and Papers

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about quantum computing. News, Articles, and Analyses China’s Quantum Ambitions: A Multi-Decade Focus on Quantum Communications — Yale Journal of International Affairs https://www.yalejournal.org/publications/chinas-quantum-ambitions (Friday, February 02, 2024) “Ciel Qi analyzes China’s progress in quantum communications and its implications for U.S. national security, recommending a…

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AI – Tuesday, August 06, 2024: Notable and Interesting News, Articles, and Papers

A selection of the most important recent news, articles, and papers about AI. News, Articles, and Analyses Generative AI in Real-World Workplaces – Microsoft Research https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/generative-ai-in-real-world-workplaces/ (Thursday, July 25, 2024) “This report presents the most recent findings of Microsoft’s research initiative on AI and Productivity, which seeks to measure and understand the productivity gains associated…

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