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Quote of the day by PsiQuantum CEO Jeremy O’Brien: ‘If you think the goal is to get to the top of the Empire State Building, you build longer ladders’ — a challenge to incremental hardware progress in quantum computing
One of the most exciting areas in technology is quantum computing, but it’s also one of the areas that’s been among the least accessible, difficult to relate to the real world, and still largely buried away in the lab. To reach the point at which quantum computers become useful, there’s…
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Ukraine flags that Russia could have a secret fleet of autonomous military vessels stalking the seas
Ukraine claims Russia’s newest drones can carry a full metric ton offshore Some unmanned vessels reach speeds of fifty-five knots at sea The BEK-1000 travels over five hundred kilometers before refuelling again Ukraine’s military intelligence agency has claimed Russia may now operate a wide range of unmanned vessels patrolling open…
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says people think governments are using AI ‘to screw them over’, and that’s why the tech is having a ‘a crisis of trust’ — and he’s exactly right
A lot has already been said about the doom and gloom surrounding AI – some of it drawing on the warnings of classic dystopian novels, but much of it grounded in reality. There is a lot of optimism and promises from those in control of the technology, but not much…
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OpenAI says it took down a malicious Russian plan to spread misinformation on ChatGPT
OpenAI says it has disrupted a social media influence campaign that is believed to be of Russian origin What makes this campaign stand out is the underlying architecture, which features a “think tank” with highly questionable credibility The objective of the campaign was to influence Western audiences into believing Russia…
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ShinyHunters hackers claim to have hit data center provider used by Microsoft and Meta
ShinyHunters adds CyrusOne to its victim list, demanding $13m ransom Claimed theft includes 12.9 million Salesforce records, 600GB SharePoint data, PII, contracts, and facility diagrams Breach could enable physical intrusions and supply‑chain attacks; CyrusOne has not commented or paid The infamous ShinyHunters ransomware crew has added CyrusOne, a major US…
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China’s data centres will reportedly use more power than South Korea by 2030
Chinese data centers could use more electricity than the entirety of South Korea by 2030 Data centers are being relocated in cheaper regions when latency isn’t crucial Flexible grid consumption could also play a role for less important work All the data centers in China are expected to consume a…
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