Matthew Sparkes

1 week ago | newscientist.com | Matthew Sparkes

I have long remembered a conversation I had 20 years ago with one of my professors, an expert in what we then called artificial intelligence, which, in many ways, is wildly different to what we now call AI. In this exchange, he confidently told me there was no point learning a second language. Computers would soon erase language barriers, he said. Not only by translating written text, but also in real time using audio, to make conversations flow smoothly even if everyone involved is…

1 week ago | newscientist.nl | Matthew Sparkes

Een quantumcomputer met een miljoen qubits zou het veelgebruikte RSA-encryptie-algoritme kunnen kraken. Quantumcomputers zouden een heel gangbare data-encryptietechniek kunnen kraken zodra ze een miljoen quantumbits, of qubits, bevatten. Hoewel dat ruim buiten het bereik van bestaande quantumcomputers ligt, is deze nieuwe schatting wel twintig keer lager dan eerdere. Dat wijst erop dat het moment waarop encryptie wordt gekraakt dichterbij is dan gedacht.

2 weeks ago | newscientist.com | Matthew Sparkes

Quantum computers could crack a common data encryption technique once they have a million qubits, or quantum bits. While this is still well beyond the capabilities of existing quantum computers, this new estimate is 20 times lower than previously thought, suggesting the day that encryption is cracked is closer thank we think.

2 weeks ago | newscientist.com | Matthew Sparkes

Final preparations are underway for China to launch an uncrewed visit to both an asteroid and a comet, in the hoping of learning more about the space rocks in our solar system. The China National Space Administration’s (CNSA) Tianwen-2 mission will take a 100 gram sample from the asteroid KamoĘ»oalewa and return it to Earth. After dropping off the sample, the probe will use our planet’s gravity as a slingshot to boost towards the comet 311P/PanSTARRS, which it will observe remotely.

3 weeks ago | spektrum.de | Matthew Sparkes

Hintergrund Lesedauer ca. 9 Minuten DruckenTeilen Software: Selbst in modernen Computersystemen schlummert uralter CodeComputercode wird nicht schlecht. Allerdings ändern sich die Sprachen – und nur noch wenige Programmierer können alte Software überarbeiten. Was passiert, wenn das Wissen um die alten Systeme verloren geht? Eine alte Bekannte der KI-Szene ist Anfang 2025 quasi wieder auferstanden: ELIZA, der weltweit erste Chatbot mit künstlicher Intelligenz aus den 1960er Jahren.