China training military AI on Meta’s Llama
Advanced Computing, AI/ML, Chips, and Extended Reality
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China has turned to Meta’s Llama AI model, fine-tuning it, for military use. Llama is an open-source large language model but Meta says that the PLA is unauthorized to use Llama. That’s the thing about open-source models though, that genie is out of the bottle and Zack’s people won’t be able to put it back in there. The PLA’s fine-tuned program uses Llama for gathering and processing intelligence and providing recommendations as a decision-support tool.
China has also found a bunch of deep-sea sensors and emitters that they claim are a combination of spying devices and ‘lighthouses.’ These lighthouses help submarines to navigate deep under the surface where GPS isn’t available.
Now, let’s dig in to some news around Quantum Tech, AI, and Nanotech!
News Headlines:
Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta's Llama (RT)
China warns of deep-sea spying devices, underwater 'lighthouses' that guide foreign submarines (RT)
Taiwan reports uptick in Chinese military activity as U.S. election nears (RT)
Pro-EU leader on course to win tight Moldovan vote amid claims of Kremlin meddling (BBC)
Quantum Computing:
Researchers design optical programmable logic array capable of handling 8 inputs achieving breakthrough (STD)
‘Supercool’ Google patent may help handle the challenges of hybrid quantum-classical computing (QI)
Quantum Machines and Nvidia use machine learning to get closer to an error-corrected quantum computer (TC)
Cryptography isn’t dead and this paper proves why (AT)
AI / ML
ARCYBER is piloting an AI/ML platform to continuously monitor networks and platforms (DS)
AI's $1.3T future increasingly hinges on Taiwan (BBG)
Multi-agent AI tackles complexities LLMs can’t (VB)
US finalizes rules to curb AI investments in China, impose other restrictions (RT)
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son says artificial super intelligence to exist by 2035 (RT)
Nanotech, Nanomaterials, Chips
OpenAI is working with Broadcom and TSMC to build in-house AI chips (RT)
New York State selected as National Center for Chip Manufacturing Research (NYT)
Nvidia's Huang asked SK Hynix to bring forward supply of HBM4 chips by 6 months, SK's chairman says (RT)
XR / AR / VR
Meta’s Reality Labs faces $4.4B loss in AR/VR sector (BZ)
Deal Flow:
VC
Musk's xAI in talks to raise funding at a $40B valuation (RT)
Data center start-up Crusoe Energy is raising $500M at a $3B valuation led by Founders Fund (FT)
Neara, an AI-powered predictive modeling software for critical infrastructure, raised a $31M Series C led by EQT (FSME)
GPU cloud infrastructure company GMI Cloud raised a $82M Series A including $15M equity financingled by Headline Asia (TC)
London-based AI technology developer for software engineering iGent AI raised $8.2M in seed funding led by HV Capital (TEU)
Moondream raised a $4.5M pre-seed round led by Felicis to deploy its compact AI model combining visual and language processing to support advanced applications in vision AI (VB)
Opportunities
DARPA is soliciting innovative proposals in the following technical areas: Advanced concepts for high-density three-dimensional chip-to-chip and intra-chip optical routing in integrated photonic microsystems (SAM)
Editor's Picks:
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Michael Peck turns to history to understand what may happen should China invade Taiwan.
Lighter Side:
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