Azure Speech Services, Midjourney 5.1, sktime, and Generative NLP Models
Unlocking the Power of Voice: Enhance Your Applications with Azure Speech Services sktime - Python Toolbox for Machine Learning with Time Series In this post, we will explore key scenarios for implementing our Azure AI in your enterprise, and some of the most innovative Azure Speech features.Generative NLP Models in Customer Service: Evaluating Them, Challenges, and Lessons Learned in Banking Welcome to sktime, the open community and Python framework for all things time series, such as forecasting, classification, and transformations with a familiar and user-friendly scikit-learn-like API.
TechCrunch Minute: Quantum computing's next era could be led by Microsoft and Quantinuum | TechCrunch
Quantum computing is making significant progress in areas like quantum error correction.
Microsoft and Quantinuum achieved a major breakthrough by encoding physical qubits into a single logical qubit for better error detection and correction. [ more ]
IBM pushes qubit count over 400 with new processor
Today, IBM announced the latest generation of its family of avian-themed quantum processors, the Osprey.With more than three times the qubit count of its previous-generation Eagle processor, Osprey is the first to offer more than 400 qubits, which indicates the company remains on track to release the first 1,000-qubit processor next year.
UK Government Puts 45 Million Toward Quantum Computing
The UK government is investing £45 million ($57 million) in quantum computing to develop practical uses and create a 'quantum-enabled economy' by 2033.
£30 million ($38 million) will be used to develop advanced quantum computers, while £15 million ($19 million) will go to the Quantum Catalyst Fund to support quantum computing projects solving practical problems in the public sector. [ more ]
Quantum computing promises a higher level of processing power over current computers, but it comes with its own challenges with implementation.When it comes to fruition, it'll also break current privacy measures like your banking password.Financial Times explains how this works with a fine set of animations and illustrations.
Government Scientists Discover Entirely New Kind of Quantum Entanglement in Breakthrough
Image: Brookhaven National Laboratory ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs.Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered an entirely new kind of quantum entanglement, a phenomenon that causes particles to become weirdly linked, even across vast cosmic distances, reports a new study.
Microsoft Integrates Copilot with Azure Quantum Elements for Advancing Scientific Research
Microsoft demonstrated the integration of AI and Azure Quantum Elements at the Ignite conference, allowing researchers to explore more materials and speed up chemistry simulations.
Azure Quantum Elements provides optimized simulation workflows, AI-accelerated computing, and integration with Azure quantum tools for improved research and development processes. [ more ]
Universities Train Engineers for the Quantum Future
Colleges are starting to educate future engineers in quantum computing in anticipation of its commercial usefulness.
Universities such as UNSW, Saarland University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University have introduced quantum engineering programs. [ more ]
UChicago partners with Google, IBM and University of Tokyo to develop quantum supercomputer and work force
The University of Chicago has formed a partnership with Google, IBM and the University of Tokyo to develop a supercomputer powered by quantum technology.IBM pledged $100 million toward the project, and Google is to spend $50 million, on a technology that could transform computing and information networks.
IBM: Quantum computing poses an 'existential threat' to data encryption
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here.For years, encryption has played a core role in securing enterprise data.However, as quantum computers become more advanced, traditional encryption solutions and public-key cryptography (PKC) standards, which enterprise and consumer vendors rely on to secure their products, are at serious risk of decryption.
VC funding gap puts Europe's climate targets at risk, report warns
Story by Ioanna is a writer at TNW.She covers the full spectrum of the European tech ecosystem, with a particular interest in startups, sustainabili (show all) Ioanna is a writer at TNW.She covers the full spectrum of the European tech ecosystem, with a particular interest in startups, sustainability, green tech, AI, and EU policy.
A sapphire crystal weighing 16 micrograms is the largest object ever to exist in a quantum-mechanical superposition of two vibrational states.Matteo Fadel and his colleagues at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) excited the crystal into vibrations such that its atoms oscillated back and forth simultaneously and in two opposite directionsputting the entire crystal in what is known as a state of quantum superposition.
Physicists Create Long-Sought Topological Quantum States
The coat of arms of Italy's aristocratic House of Borromeo contains an unsettling symbol: an arrangement of three interlocking rings that that cannot be pulled apart but doesn't contain any linked pairs.That same three-way linkage is an unmistakable signature of one of the most coveted phenomena in quantum physics and it has now been observed for the first time.
New Material May Offer Key to Solving Quantum Computing Issue
A new form of heterostructure of layered two-dimensional (2D) materials may enable quantum computing to overcome key barriers to its widespread application, according to an international team of researchers.The researchers were led by a team that is part of the Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science (CNS), one of 19 Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC) in the United States funded by the National Science Foundation.
Chinese researchers are making claims that, if true, would threaten national security
Chinese researchers are claiming they can break modern encryption with today's quantum computers.Experts are skeptical, but the possibility remains a top U.S. national security concern.AILSA CHANG, HOST: The threat of hackers piercing through the digital protections that guard state secrets - that's the sort of thing that keeps national security experts up at night.
Canada highly interested' in closer ties with Aukus allies
Canada's defence minister has said the country is highly interested working closer on defence technology with Australia, Britain and the US, after reports that the country wants to join the Aukus defence pact.The Globe and Mail reported on Monday that Canada was making efforts to join the group, amid fears that the country could be excluded from valuable intelligence and technology sharing between a smaller circle of nations.
AI Quantum Computing at the Forefront of IMB and Moderna's Team-Up
Computer giant IBM is teaming up with Moderna in order to harness the combined powers of generative AI and quantum computing to advance vaccine development.According to a report by CNBC, the companies signed an agreement for Moderna to access IBM's quantum computing systems.With the aid of these advanced systems, their goals are to accelerate the discovery and creation of new messenger RNA vaccines and therapies.
Majority of GAO's Cybersecurity Recommendations Not Implemented by Federal Agencies
Out of the 335 public recommendations on a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy made since 2010, 190 were not implemented by federal agencies as of December 2022, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report.Since 1997, the GAO has been regarding information security as a government-wide high-risk area and expanded it twice since: in 2003 to include critical cyber infrastructure and in 2015 to include the protection of personally identifiable information.
ASML, Eindhoven Tech University to Build Research Facility
European technology company ASML Holding announced it will partner with Eindhoven Technical University (TU Eindhoven) in the Netherlands to establish a new research center.TU Eindhoven said the facility is expected to produce 40 new Ph.D.s annually in fields related to semiconductor manufacturing such as nanomaterials, photonics, and quantum computing.
How AI Is Reshaping Our World - SXSW 2023 Conference Videos
From search engines and self-driving cars to film, artificial intelligence is already disrupting major industries and the possibilities for what's next seem endless.The 2023 SXSW Conference showcased phenomenal sessions that explored the world of AI.Global innovators and creatives gathered to not only talk about advancements in tech but to examine its societal impact.
Major Quantum Computing Breakthrough Could Mean the Revolution Is Here
A record-breaking milestone has been reached in quantum computing, which could mean that unthinkably fast processing is now a realistic prospect.Scientists at Sussex University have managed to transfer data between chips at record speeds and - more importantly - record accuracy."What we have achieved here is the ability to realise extremely powerful quantum computers capable of solving some of the most important problems for industries and society," said lead researcher Winfried Hensinger.
Google scientists said Wednesday they have passed a major milestone in their quest to develop effective quantum computing, with a new study showing they reduced the rate of errors-long an obstacle for the much-hyped technology.Quantum computing has been touted as a revolutionary advance that uses our growing scientific understanding of the subatomic world to create a machine with powers far beyond those of today's conventional computers.
Misplaced fears of an evil' ChatGPT obscure the real harm being done | John Naughton
On 14 February, Kevin Roose, the New York Times tech columnist, had a two-hour conversation with Bing, Microsoft's ChatGPT-enhanced search engine.He emerged from the experience an apparently changed man, because the chatbot had told him, among other things, that it would like to be human, that it harboured destructive desires and was in love with him.
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 294 of the invasion
A suspected officer with Russia's Federal Security Service was among seven people accused by US federal prosecutors of helping Russia illegally obtain sensitive electronic components from US companies.Prosecutors claimed the seven worked with two Moscow-based companies controlled by Russian intelligence services to acquire electronic components in the US that have civilian uses, but can also be used to help make nuclear and hypersonic weapons and in quantum computing.
The $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act is designed to use federal grants and investments to encourage domestic production of advanced semiconductors and will also fund research into further advanced technologies, including further improved microchips; quantum computing; and artificial intelligence (AI).
Quantum computing has been slowly progressing both as a technology and potential new platform business (see my previous column, "The Business of Quantum Computing," Communications, Oct. 2018).But another application of quantum mechanics that has attracted increasing attention is quantum communications.
Dark matter makes up about 27% of the matter and energy budget in the universe, but scientists do not know much about it.They do know that it is cold, meaning that the particles that make up dark matter are slow-moving.It is also difficult to detect dark matter directly because it does not interact with light.
The UK and its Aukus allies push on towards hypersonic weapons and AI technology
After a flurry of publicity and controversy at its launch following secret negotiations, relatively little has been heard about the Aukus defence treaty between the UK, US and Australia which is supposed to transform the geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.China attacked the agreement under which the US and Britain is due to supply nuclear powered submarines to Australia as a dangerous provocation.
Quantum computing may be the solution to the EV materials problem
Robert Bosch is partnering with IBM to use quantum computing to find alternatives to current rare earth materials used in electric vehicles.Electric vehicles have a supply problem, mainly regarding their supply of raw materials.Cobalt for batteries, lanthanum for electromagnets, and many other rare earth minerals, in particular, are (as the name suggests) hard to find and often require an environmentally damaging process to extract and refine them.
US slaps sanctions on Russia technology sector, Ukraine proxies
The US has imposed sanctions on a long list of Russian officials and companies, ramping up pressure for the invasion of Ukraine while hoping to hobble any attempt to rebuild its heavily damaged defence sector.
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In tandem, US sanctions were put on Russian space, computing and technology firms in an effort to cripple Russia's technology development and stifle its ability to refurbish and modernise its military after broad losses in Ukraine.
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have formulated a new beginner-level guide for quantum computer programmers.
Analysis | Japan's Blurred Vision for the Future of Capitalism
The best political slogans are simple and direct: Think "It's the economy, stupid," or former UK leader Tony Blair's "Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime."
AI Fuses With Quantum Computing in Promising New Memristor
Recent years have seen computing advance in two major ways-breakthroughs in machine learning to develop algorithms that improve automatically through experience, and research into quantum computers that can theoretically prove more powerful than any supercomputer.
IBM has unveiled the latest addition to its Z series mainframe-class computer, the z16, which the company has positioned as a powerhouse designed to combat fraud.