Facebook parent Meta hosted a media event in San Francisco this week highlighting the 10th anniversary of its Fundamental AI Research team. The likelihood of society getting “cat” or “dog” level AI is probably years ahead of human-level AI, said Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun. Unlike Google, Microsoft and other tech giants, Meta doesn’t particularly … [Read more…]
Carlos Silva Photo credit: Amélie Philibert, University of Montreal The Courtois Institute’s new director and Canada Excellence Research Chair holder, physicist Carlos Silva, wants to bring his obscure field to the light it so desperately needs. Carlos Silva often has to explain what he does. As a physicist, he specializes in materials for quantum photonics. … [Read more…]
Photonic, a quantum computing startup, recently raised $100 million in venture funding. In addition, the company has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Microsoft to rapidly accelerate the development of its technology. Founded in 2016 by Simon Fraser University researchers Stephanie Simmons and Michael Thewalt, Photonic focuses on a silicon-based quantum computing architecture that … [Read more…]