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• Quantinuum, Microsoft claim to have quieted quantum computing ‘noise’

  03-04-2024 17:29 via thenextweb.com
  
  Two of the leaders in quantum technologies, Quantinuum and Microsoft, today announced a breakthrough in reducing ‘noise’ that could mean quantum advantage is closer than previously thought. When it comes to quantum computing, noise refers to internal and external interference that lead to errors in quantum computations. Without properly conquering challenges such as variations in temperature, external electromagnetic fields, and quantum decoherence, quantum computers will not surpas
  
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• Mistral AI, Europe’s OpenAI rival, adds top LLM to Amazon Bedrock

  03-04-2024 17:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  Amazon Bedrock, the tech giant’s platform for building generative AI applications, has added Mistral Large, the latest and most advanced Large Language Model (LLM) of Mistral AI, to its service. The Paris-based startup released the model in February, boasting its top-tier reasoning capabilities. Mistral Large is also proficient in code, text, and mathematics. It’s fluent in five languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, and Italia. The move follows the addition of Mistr
  
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• New space mission aims to create solar eclipses on-demand with satellites

  03-04-2024 16:48 via thenextweb.com
  
  Days before a total solar eclipse sweeps across North America, scientists in Europe have revealed another plan to block out the sun. The audacious project — called Proba-3 — will align two spacecraft to produce artificial eclipses. By creating this complicated calibration, the mission will capture new views of the Sun — and complete the first-ever precision formation space flight. At an event today in Belgium, the European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled the Proba-3 satellites: th
  
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• Opera is now the first leading browser with built-in local LLMs

  03-04-2024 13:13 via thenextweb.com
  
  Opera now becomes the first major browser to offer built-in access to local AI models. Starting today, the Oslo-based company is introducing experimental support for 150 variants of local Large Language Models (LLMs), covering approximately 50 families. These include Mixtral from Mistral AI, Llama from Meta, Gemma from Google, and Vicuna. The introduction of built-in local LLMs come with a series of advantages, according to Jan Standal, VP at Opera.  “Local LLMs allow you to process
  
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• Carpooling rebounds as BlaBlaCar raises €100M and reaches profitability

  03-04-2024 12:17 via thenextweb.com
  
  Carpooling’s resurgence continued today as France’s BlaBlaCar reached two big new milestones. The Paris-based trip-sharing service has raised a €100mn credit line and hit profitability over the last 24 months — its first full years in the black. The company plans to use the new funding to expand its multimodal transport network. Initially launched in 2006 to pair passengers with drivers who have spare car seats, BlaBlaCar has since added local buses to the platform. Train
  
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• The new tech trends set to shape the smart cities of tomorrow

  03-04-2024 11:17 via thenextweb.com
  
  The World Bank estimates that by 2050 the global urban population will double in size, putting ever-increasing pressure on city streets, housing markets, infrastructure, government services, and the environment. Luckily, over the last few years, advancements in the fields of AI, IoT, robotics, and the ongoing deployment of 5G have made the timing ripe for new technological solutions to come to the rescue. In 2023, the global smart cities market was valued at $748.7 billion and is projected to g
  
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