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Age against the machine – AI frameworks show signs of dementia
Medical researchers have charted the performance of AI frameworks over time with tools that are used to measure dementia in humans.The peer-reviewed research, ‘Age against the machine’, showed that all the framework chatbots, from OpenAI’s GPT 4o to Google Gemini 1.5, show...
Honda converts powertrain plant to hydrogen fuel cell production
Honda is converting a powertrain plant in Japan to make fuel cell systems for hydrogen vehicles.The plant in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture, was closed in October 2024 but will now produce the next-generation fuel cell system being developed independently by Honda, starting...
Japan certifies electrode for mass production solid state battery
The Japanese government has certified a negative electrode developed by Toyo Kohan for a solid state battery ahead of mass production.The certification, announced on Dec 25th, is part of the supply chain assurance scheme for batteries from the Ministry of Economy, Trade,...
US extends China trade war to SiC, legacy chips
The US is extending its trade sanctions against China to cover silicon carbide and legacy semiconductor devices on older process.The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced a Section 301 investigation on Christmas Eve to examine China’s targeting of foundational semiconductors (also...
Electric aircraft startup Lilium finds a buyer.
Struggling German electric jet maker Lilium has found a buyer for its assets as it makes thousands of staff redundant.The last minute deal on Christmas Eve saw an asset purchase agreement with Mobile Uplift Corporation GmbH, a company set up by a...
Boltz-1, a fully open-source model for predicting biomolecular structures
MIT scientists have released a powerful, open-source AI model, called Boltz-1, that could significantly accelerate biomedical research and drug developmentDeveloped by a team of researchers in the MIT Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health, Boltz-1 is the first fully open-source model that...
ARM teams on virtual head unit development
ARM is working with Mapbox in the US on a cloud-based Virtual Head Unit (VHU) for automotive designs.The design speeds up integration, testing, and validation of navigation systems by virtualising ARM-based in-vehicle hardware integrated with the Mapbox navigation stack. With the VHU,...
The march of the humanoid robots
European startups are at the leading edge of the development of humanoid robots but are facing strong competition coming up from China as fast followers.In the same way that China capitalised on its development of motors and battery technology to dominate the...
Rigetti launches 84qubit Ankaa-3 quantum computer
Rigetti Computing in the US has launched its third generation Ankaa-3 quantum computer with an 84qubit processor and aims to have a 100qubit machine next year.The re-designed quantum computer achieves a two-qubit gate fidelity of 99%, halving the previous error rate.Ankaa-3 is...
The Netherlands introduces ChipNL Competence Centre
The kick-off of the ChipNL Competence Centre this week marks an additional impulse to boost the innovation and capabilities of the Dutch semiconductor industryEstablished in alignment with the EU Chips Act, the Centre should advance technological capabilities and foster innovation in the...
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