China may be leading in quantum tech, but may not have enough talent to make good on that lead
Advanced Computing, AI/ML, Chips, and Extended Reality
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Israel launched an air attack against Iran this weekend in retaliation for Iran’s ballistic missile attack against Israel about two weeks ago. The tit-for-tat is part of a larger crackdown by Israel against Iranian proxies throughout the Middle East including Lebanese Hezbollah and Hamas. Iran now faces a difficult decision on how to respond without escalating the conflict.
American tech leaders warned this week that China has a decade-equivalent lead over the United States on quantum tech; however, this lead is hard to truly quantify. Certainly, China has invested significantly into quantum technologies, but they’re struggling with talent among other challenges.
And, the White House issued several important AI-related guidance documents including direction to the U.S. national security ecosystem to embrace Generative AI.
Now, let’s dig in to these and other topics related to Quantum Tech, AI, and Nanotech!
News Headlines:
Israel struck back at Iran this weekend, damaging military targets (AP)
Quantum Computing:
China's gains in quantum threatened by lack of talent, self-sabotage: leading Chinese academic (QI)
Chinese researchers teleport multi-qubit operation across photonic quantum network (QI)
‘Quantum CD’ could hold 1000x more data than today’s optical discs (LS)
Edge supercondutivity offers new paths in quantum computing (STD)
Discover the ‘V-Score,’ the secret weapon in quantum problem solving (STD)
China has a commanding lead on quantum (SGL)
Quantifying China’s lead in quantum tech is hard (QI)
AI / ML
New rules for US national security agencies balance AI’s promise with need to protect against risks (AP)
Defense experts argue we need more AI investment and not just guardrails (DN)
Tsetlin Machines could solve two key problems with AI: energy and explainable AI (UAI)
Lawsuits alleges AI Chatbot pushes teen to kill himself (AP)
Questions on DOD’s plans for generative AI swirl as Task Force Lima’s possible sunset nears (DS)
Biden makes clear AI can’t launch nukes as he looks to harness new technology’s power (CNN)
Google is reportedly developing a ‘computer-using agent’ AI system (TV)
Noble Prize goes to AI researchers (NP)
OpenAI plans to release its next, big AI model in December (TV)
Nanotech, Nanomaterials, Chips
China ramps up semiconductor patents amid US export restrictions (TR)
Memory chips could be the next bottleneck for AI (TE)
XR / AR / VR
$22 billion Microsoft deal with U.S. Army in jeopardy unless the price of its militarized HoloLens drops "substantially less than" $80,000 per unit (WC)
Deal Flow:
VC
Development Bank of Japan makes its first U.S. quantum venture investment with $3.5M into Qolab (QCR)
PE
EU revives quantum communication investment with $97M to secure Europe’s infrastructure (QI)
Opportunities
ARPA-E announces $30M Quantum Computing for Computational Chemistry program seeking to harness QC for chemistry and material science simulations (DOE)
Editor's Picks:
Researchers explore quantum sensing to expand RF radiation detection in HF and VHF bands.
The White House has released a memorandum on advancing U.S. leadership in AI and harnessing AI for national security.
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) outlines why the Pentagon needs a quantum strategy
Lighter Side:
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