Danielle Abril / Washington Post:
Microsoft unveils a new AI interpreter in Teams that can simulate voices and offer near-real-time voice interpretation in nine languages, launching in preview — A new AI-powered interpreter is expected to simulate speakers’ voices in different languages during Microsoft Teams meetings.
Microsoft and Atom Computing plan to ship quantum computers with 1,000+ physical qubits to enterprises in 2025 and detail a 24 entangled logical qubits record (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Microsoft and Atom Computing plan to ship quantum computers with 1,000+ physical qubits to enterprises in 2025 and detail a 24 entangled logical qubits record — Quantum computing is getting there. After years of slow but steady development to create a useful quantum computer …
Instagram says it is testing letting users reset the algorithmic suggestions that power Feed, Reels, and Explore, and the update “will soon roll out globally” (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
Karissa Bell / Engadget:
Instagram says it is testing letting users reset the algorithmic suggestions that power Feed, Reels, and Explore, and the update “will soon roll out globally” — The app will offer users a chance for a “fresh start” with the algorithm. — If your Instagram recommendations …
The UK CMA clears Google’s partnership with Anthropic, finding that Google has not gained “material influence” over the AI startup, following a formal probe (Upmanyu Trivedi/Bloomberg)
Upmanyu Trivedi / Bloomberg:
The UK CMA clears Google’s partnership with Anthropic, finding that Google has not gained “material influence” over the AI startup, following a formal probe — – Google pledged to invest $2 billion into the startup last year — Investment in Anthropic avoids full blown CMA investigation
Sources: US officials are racing to deliver billions in CHIPS Act funding to Intel and others before Biden leaves office; nearly $30B is tied up in negotiations (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)
Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: US officials are racing to deliver billions in CHIPS Act funding to Intel and others before Biden leaves office; nearly $30B is tied up in negotiations — Government officials and chip makers like Intel are in talks over billions of dollars aimed at growing domestic manufacturing
Super Micro hires BDO USA as its new independent auditor and files a plan to come into compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements; SMCI jumps 29%+ pre-market (Carmen Reinicke/Bloomberg)
Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg:
Super Micro hires BDO USA as its new independent auditor and files a plan to come into compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements; SMCI jumps 29%+ pre-market — – The company filed a plan to stay listed on the Nasdaq — Super Micro said it appointed a new auditor in press release
Google and Nvidia say Google’s Quantum AI division will use Nvidia’s Eos supercomputer to speed up the design of quantum components (Ian King/Bloomberg)
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Google and Nvidia say Google’s Quantum AI division will use Nvidia’s Eos supercomputer to speed up the design of quantum components — – Project will use Nvidia’s Eos supercomputer to run simulations — Quantum computing remains a long-range bet for tech industry
US federal data shows nearly 1.8M human warehouse workers, up 30% since early 2020, despite automation efforts, as robots struggle at crucial, simple tasks (Peter Eavis/New York Times)
Peter Eavis / New York Times:
US federal data shows nearly 1.8M human warehouse workers, up 30% since early 2020, despite automation efforts, as robots struggle at crucial, simple tasks — The machines can load and unload trucks, move goods and do other repetitive tasks but are stymied by some, like picking items from a pile.
Sources: Huawei is designing its next two Ascend chips around a 7nm architecture, meaning its marquee chips will be stuck with aging tech until at least 2026 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: Huawei is designing its next two Ascend chips around a 7nm architecture, meaning its marquee chips will be stuck with aging tech until at least 2026 — – The Chinese firm’s AI chips will use existing 7nm tech in 2025 — The US has cut off China’s access to the best chip equipment
Sources: Alibaba, ByteDance, and Meituan have been expanding their AI teams in Silicon Valley in recent months, despite US efforts to stymie Chinese companies (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times:
Sources: Alibaba, ByteDance, and Meituan have been expanding their AI teams in Silicon Valley in recent months, despite US efforts to stymie Chinese companies — Alibaba, ByteDance and Meituan seek to poach top talent from US rivals despite Washington’s chip curbs