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Quantum machine learning: Small-scale photonic quantum processor can already outperform classical counterparts

One of the current hot research topics is the combination of two of the most recent technological breakthroughs: machine learning and quantum computing.

An experimental study shows that already small-scale quantum computers can boost the performance of algorithms.

This was demonstrated on a photonic quantum processor by an international team of researchers at the University of Vienna. The work, published in Nature Photonics, shows promising for optical quantum computers.

Tumor diagnostics: AI model detects more than 170 types of cancer

The MRI shows a brain tumor in an inauspicious location, and a brain biopsy will entail high risks for a patient who had consulted doctors due to double vision. Situations such as this case prompted researchers at Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin to look for new diagnostic procedures. The result is an AI model.

The model makes use of specific characteristics in the genetic material of tumors—their epigenetic fingerprint, obtained for example from , among other things. As the team shows in the journal Nature Cancer, the new model classifies tumors quickly and very reliably.

Today, far more types of tumors are known than the organs from which they arise. Each tumor has its own characteristics: certain tissue features, growth rates and metabolic peculiarities. Nevertheless, tumor types with similar molecular characteristics can be grouped together. The treatment of the individual disease depends decisively on the type of tumor.

“Robot Walks and Rolls”: New Wheeled-Legged Delivery Machine Stuns U.S. City With Agility That Conquers Every Obstacle

IN A NUTSHELL 🤖 Veho has partnered with RIVR to introduce wheeled-legged robots for parcel delivery in Austin, Texas. 🚀 The robots feature precision engineering and adaptive mobility to navigate complex urban environments. 🔗 This collaboration aims to enhance delivery efficiency while reducing physical strain on human drivers. 🌐 The initiative represents a major step

Apple under pressure to shine after AI stumble

Pressure is on Apple to show it hasn’t lost its magic despite broken promises to ramp up iPhones with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as rivals race ahead with the technology.

Apple will showcase plans for its coveted devices and the software powering them at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicking off Monday in Silicon Valley.

The event comes a year after the tech titan said a suite of AI features it dubbed “Apple Intelligence” was heading for iPhones, including an improvement of its much criticized Siri voice assistant.

What is vibe coding? A computer scientist explains what it means to have AI write computer code

Whether you’re streaming a show, paying bills online or sending an email, each of these actions relies on computer programs that run behind the scenes. The process of writing computer programs is known as coding. Until recently, most computer code was written, at least originally, by human beings. But with the advent of generative artificial intelligence, that has begun to change.

Now, just as you can ask ChatGPT to spin up a recipe for a favorite dish or write a sonnet in the style of Lord Byron, you can now ask generative AI tools to write for you. Andrej Karpathy, an OpenAI co-founder who previously led AI efforts at Tesla, recently termed this “vibe coding.”

For complete beginners or nontechnical dreamers, writing code based on vibes—feelings rather than explicitly defined information—could feel like a superpower. You don’t need to master or complex data structures. A simple natural language prompt will do the trick.

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