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Owen Hughes

United Kingdom

Freelance B2B Writer and Copy Editor at Freelance

Freelance writer & editor, coffee enthusiast and dad joke connoisseur. Words and work: https://t.co/2Ck46jThSQ

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  • New chip could be the breakthrough the quantum computing industry has been waiting for

    2 days ago | livescience.com | Owen Hughes

    Scientists have developed a new type of computer chip that removes a major obstacle to practical quantum computers, making it possible for the first time to place millions of qubits and their control systems on the same device. The new control chip operates at cryogenic temperatures close to absolute zero (about minus 459.67 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 273.15 degrees Celsius) and, crucially, can be placed close to qubits without disrupting their quantum state.

  • 'A first in applied physics': Breakthrough quantum computer could consume 2,000 times less power than a supercomputer and solve problems 200 times faster

    3 days ago | livescience.com | Owen Hughes

    Quantum computers capable of outperforming today’s fastest supercomputers may not need to be as large or power-hungry as we thought, researchers at Canadian startup Nord Quantique say. The company has built a quantum bit (qubit) with built-in error correction, eliminating the need for the large clusters of physical qubits typically required for fault-tolerant quantum computing. Nord Quantique plans to scale this design into a 1,000-logical-qubit machine by 2031.

  • Hurricanes and sandstorms can be forecast 5,000 times faster thanks to new Microsoft AI model

    1 week ago | livescience.com | Owen Hughes

    A new artificial intelligence (AI) model can predict major weather events faster and more accurately than some of the world's most widely used forecasting systems. The model, called Aurora, is trained on more than 1 million hours of global atmospheric data, including weather station readings, satellite images and radar measurements. Scientists at Microsoft say it's likely the largest dataset ever used to train a weather AI model.

  • AI creates better and funnier memes than people, study shows - even when people use AI for help

    2 months ago | livescience.com | Owen Hughes

    Don't give up your day job, because a new study suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) is funnier than you. In a new study designed to test the co-creative capabilities of large language models (LLMs), internet memes created by OpenAI's GPT-4o model were, on average, rated funnier, more creative and more shareable than those created by humans, or by humans with chatbot assistance. However, when it came to the quality of top-rated memes, human-generated humor still prevailed.

  • World's first light-powered neural processing units (NPUs) could massively reduce energy consumption in AI data centers

    2 months ago | livescience.com | Owen Hughes

    A light-powered computer chip designed to drive artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and make high-performance computing (HPC) more sustainable has entered production. In a statement published Feb. 24, representatives from quantum computing company Q.ANT said its photonic AI chip could deliver a 30-fold increase in energy efficiency and a 50-fold boost in computing speed compared with conventional, silicon-based computer chips.

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