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☢️ Google goes nuclear to power AI
💥 Chinese researchers reportedly crack military-grade encryption with quantum computer
🤔 US weighs capping exports of AI chips from Nvidia and AMD to some countries
📱 Apple announces new iPad Mini focused on AI
🚀 NASA launches mission to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa
🎁 + 6 other news you might like
🔮 + 7 handpicked research papers and tools
☢️ Google goes nuclear to power AILINK
Google has partnered with Kairos Power to construct seven nuclear reactors, intended to provide about 500 megawatts of carbon-free electricity for its data centers amidst rising energy demands, particularly due to increased data and AI usage.
The planned nuclear micro-reactors are expected to be operational by 2030, although this timeline is considered highly ambitious, and it remains unclear if the power will be directly connected to Google's facilities or integrated into the public grid.
Google's alliance with Kairos reflects a broader industry trend, as tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon are also exploring nuclear power to meet their energy needs; however, challenges persist with cost, construction speed, and public acceptance of nuclear power projects.
💥 Chinese researchers reportedly crack military-grade encryption with quantum computerLINK
Chinese scientists have reportedly used a D-Wave quantum computer to crack encryption, revealing vulnerabilities in widely used methods like RSA, which is essential for technologies including web browsers, VPNs, email services, and certain electronic chips.
The study demonstrates that the quantum device, utilizing techniques grounded in the quantum annealing algorithm, can successfully decompose a 50-bit RSA integer, emphasizing advanced risks to encrypted data and highlighting the machine's potential impact on cybersecurity.
Quantum machines like the D-Wave Advantage, rentable for $2,000 an hour or costing approximately $15 million to purchase, pose a significant threat to encryption systems, leading experts to advocate for stronger defenses against potential future quantum decryption capabilities.
🤔 US weighs capping exports of AI chips from Nvidia and AMD to some countriesLINK
The U.S. government is considering limiting the export of advanced AI chips from American manufacturers, such as Nvidia and AMD, to particular nations, including those in the Middle East, due to national security concerns.
This potential export restriction may follow the Commerce Department's recent changes, which have made it easier for American companies to send AI chips to countries in the Middle East developing data centers.
In reaction to these developments, U.S. authorities have already begun slowing down the approval of export licenses for AI accelerators from companies like Nvidia and AMD, while they conduct a national security assessment of the AI technologies being created in the Middle East.
📱 Apple announces new iPad Mini focused on AILINK
Apple has unveiled a new iPad Mini that emphasizes artificial intelligence, incorporating features such as text rewriting tools, a Siri update utilizing personal context, and app enhancements like a "Clean Up" option for image editing.
Previously, the iPad Mini, which had not received an update since 2021, lacked support for advanced AI tools and the latest Apple Pencil models, but this revision introduces the cutting-edge A17 Pro chip to address that.
Priced at $499 or £499, the upgraded device promises enhanced graphics and faster processing, is available for order now, and will be in stores by Wednesday, 23 October.
🚀 NASA launches mission to explore Jupiter’s moon EuropaLINK
NASA launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center to explore Jupiter's moon Europa, starting a $5.2 billion mission aimed at investigating the moon's potential to support extraterrestrial life.
The mission faced delays due to Hurricane Milton but successfully initiated a five-and-a-half-year journey to repeatedly orbit Europa, a moon believed to harbor a subsurface ocean beneath its icy crust, which could contain the necessary ingredients for life.
Europa Clipper is equipped with nine advanced instruments, including an ice-penetrating radar and mass spectrometer, to analyze Europa's surface and atmosphere, aiming to uncover signs of habitability, such as warm spots, plumes, and possibly organic chemicals.
Other news you might like
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Microsoft Phi developer Sebastian Bubeck joins OpenAI.LINK
Apple could include 12GB RAM in future iPhone models.LINK
Google Shopping is getting an AI upgrade as Alphabet looks to monetize investments.LINK
Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78.LINK
Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store.LINK
Latest research and tools
PayloadCMS: an open-source, fullstack Next.js framework that simplifies creating web applications by allowing users to use their own databases, avoid microservices complexity, and extend both backend and admin interfaces, while providing pre-made templates for rapid deployment.LINK
Pumpkin: a modern Minecraft server software written in Rust that focuses on performance, offers extensive customization, supports the latest game versions, and is compatible with existing mods and plugins, while also serving as a framework for creating custom servers.LINK
Gosub: a browser engine developed in Rust, designed to parse and render HTML5 and CSS3 into document trees, support JavaScript execution, and potentially render content in both graphical and terminal interfaces.LINK
Drawing Graphics on Apple Vision with the Metal Rendering API: provides a way to create your own rendering engine for games on Apple Vision Pro, offering full control over graphic rendering, using Apple's Metal API.LINK
Adaline Gateway: a fully local, production-grade Super SDK that simplifies the integration and management of over 200 large language models (LLMs) with features like batching, retries, caching, and custom plugin support for enhanced performance and flexibility in deployment.LINK
SSL Certificate Checker: a tool that verifies the validity and expiration of SSL certificates to ensure websites maintain secure connections.LINK
Running LLMs with 3.3M Context Tokens on a Single GPU: this paper presents a method for operating large language models with up to 3.3 million context tokens on a single graphics processing unit.LINK
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