February 2025
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The standout news in AI and technology last week was Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip. Microsoft says that this chip leverages a new state of matter called topological superconductivity, potentially enabling the creation of qubits that are more stable and less susceptible to errors than those in current quantum computers, addressing a critical challenge in the…
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On February 2, 2025, the AI Act’s provisions regarding prohibited AI practices took effect. As my colleague Dereck Banks notes, one particularly interesting aspect is the ban on emotion recognition in workplaces and educational institutions. Many companies have already implemented such systems to monitor employees’ emotions, particularly in customer service. The rule aims to prevent…
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Cisco researchers recently evaluated the DeepSeek R1 model using the HarmBench dataset and reported a 100% attack success rate. Looks like DeepSeek R1 has serious security issues, doesn’t it? However, Meta’s LLama 3.1 model also performed poorly, with a 96% success rate in the same test, while OpenAI’s closed-source model o1 had a 25% success…
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OpenAI introduced a new tool called Deep Research last week, claiming it can generate scientific articles at a level comparable to a PhD student. This tool excites me with its potential to benefit researchers worldwide and enhance scientific progress for the good of humanity. However, as Gary Marcus has discussed (in the Opinions & Analysis…
