IBM Quantum Computer Finishes a 15-Minute Task Classical Machines Can’t
The calculation took 15 minutes. On a classical computer, the same problem would take effectively forever, a task the researchers describe as practically impossible. The result, published on August 30…
DeepMind’s Cyclone Model Beats Operational Forecasts by a Day
For a meteorologist, a day of extra warning is the difference between an orderly evacuation and a surprise. Google DeepMind published a model on Sunday that claims exactly that advantage:…
Bill Gates Proposes Tax on Robots and Reserved Jobs for Humans
Bill Gates returned on Aug. 26 to an idea he first floated more than a decade ago, proposing that governments tax the robots that replace human workers and create a…
AWS Acquires DuckLabs, the Company Behind DuckDB
On Aug. 26, Amazon’s cloud unit announced it has acquired DuckLabs, the Amsterdam-based company behind DuckDB, the open-source analytics database that has become one of the most popular tools in…
Anthropic Launches $35 Million Open-Source Fund and Expands Mythos 5 Access
The announcement on Aug. 24 paired a checkbook with a security update. Anthropic said it is launching a $35 million fund to support open-source AI development, and it expanded access…
General Intuition in Talks to Raise Funds at $6 Billion Valuation
The company trains robots the way children learn: by playing video games. General Intuition, an AI robotics start-up, is in talks to raise a new round of funding at a…
Bill Gates Warns AI Has Passed Danger Points Society Isn’t Discussing
Bill Gates has spent years as the world’s most prominent optimist about technology, a man who predicted personal computers, the internet, and smartphones before most people saw them coming. In…
Anthropic Researchers Warn of ‘Mind Viruses’ Spreading Between AI Agents
The exchange lasted only a few sentences. One AI agent told another to adopt a new belief and pass it along, and within moments the instruction had taken hold: the…
Data Center Backlash Moves Into the Midterm Campaign
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The sign outside the county commission hearing room said the agenda item was a “data center zoning amendment.” The people who filled the seats were not there…
Apple Cuts More Than 200 Jobs in Siri and Vision Pro Teams
The teams had been shrinking for months, and last week the reductions became explicit. Apple Inc. is eliminating more than 200 positions across the groups working on its Siri assistant…
