IBM Releases First-Ever 1,000-Qubit Quantum Chip

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December 12, 2023

IBM hit a big milestone this week when it released the first quantum computer with a 1000-cubit chip. For more on how quantum computers work, check out this video and this article explaining what exactly a cubit is. Elsewhere this week we're covering how AI systems find loopholes to jailbreak other AI systems, and a revolutionary new way to use 3-D printing. Enjoy!

Andrea Gawrylewski, Chief Newsletter Editor @AGawrylewski

Quantum Computing IBM Releases First-Ever 1,000-Qubit Quantum Chip The company announces its latest huge chip—but will now focus on developing smaller chips with a fresh approach to "error correction" By Davide Castelvecchi,Nature magazine

Artificial Intelligence Jailbroken AI Chatbots Can Jailbreak Other Chatbots AI chatbots can convince other chatbots to instruct users how to build bombs and cook meth By Chris Stokel-Walker

Engineering Ultrasound Enables Remote 3-D Printing--Even in the Human Body For the first time, researchers have used sound waves to 3-D print an object from a distance—even with a wall in the way By Rachel Berkowitz

Artificial Intelligence OpenAI's Soap Opera Collapse Bodes Ill for AI Benefiting Humanity Whatever fantasies we may have had about the nonprofit structure of OpenAI have been eviscerated. While it remains a nonprofit, it's proven entirely beholden to ruthless capitalism By Ed Zitron

Artificial Intelligence AI Can Now Read Your Cat's Pain Thanks to researchers, new AI tech is delving into feline feelings to see when cats could need medical help.  By Tulika Bose,Sophie Bushwick | 08:25

Climate Change AI's Climate Impact Goes beyond Its Emissions To understand how AI is contributing to climate change, look at the way it's being used By Jude Coleman

Mathematics How Cryptographic 'Secret Sharing' Can Keep Information Safe One safe, five sons and betrayal: this principle shows how shared knowledge can protect secrets—without having to trust anyone By Manon Bischoff

Climate Change Millions of U.S. Homes Risk Disaster because of Outdated Building Codes Building codes that don't fully account for climate change are "one of the most significant factors" in increasing disaster risk, a federal report says By Thomas Frank,E&E News

FROM THE ARCHIVE Will Quantum Computing Ever Live Up to Its Hype? One expert warns that the field is overpromising, while another says his firm is on the verge of building "useful" machines By John Horgan | April 2021

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