It’s radically different from other quantum computers. The Helios system uses trapped ions — charged atoms suspended in free space using electromagnetic fields. But it operates with 98 qubits — making it the largest trapped-ion quantum computer built so far. Quantinuum, the company behind the device, is based in Cambridge, Read more…
AI went from being very terrible to seemingly genuinely quite good at a professional level in a very short space of time… But AI systems are still truly, truly terrible at some areas of math… even the days of the week. If you look at academic math papers, a lot Read more…
RAM prices have exploded over the past year, with some DDR5 kits approaching 500% year-over-year increases and a 128GB kit now selling for $3,399, which is more than 10 times its previous low. Things improve as you step down the memory capacities and speed tiers, but not as much as Read more…
Google has agreed to pay $10 million for a massive trove of anonymized Spirit Airlines data following the carrier’s shutdown, including internal communications, spreadsheets, booking and frequent-flyer records, transactions, and employee information. Did you ever fly on Spirit Airlines? Or work there? Or send an email to someone who worked Read more…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the growing backlash against AI is less about executives sounding alarms and more about a broader “crisis of trust” in companies, governments, and the tech industry. Amodei’s comments came in response to investor Gavin Baker, who argued — both on the All-In podcast and on Read more…
At a BMW factory in South Carolina, a human-shaped robot with a screen for a face recently stepped from a charging station toward a stack of green plastic boxes. It grasped an auto part from one of the boxes, pivoted, placed the part in a trolley, then pulled the trolley Read more…