Viktor Shkel

Market research, writing analytical reports, articles and reviews; the formation of a focus group; preparing and negotiating contracts and agreements.

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As AFP reminds us, three exascale supercomputers are already operating in the United States, all of them are managed by the Department of Energy.

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as well as for strengthening Europe's position in the global AI race. It is built on the basis of 24 thousand NVIDIA processors. In terms of power, this is 10 million regular laptops working simultaneously.
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The computer is capable of performing more than a quintillion operations per second, which is a 1 with 18 zeros, or a billion billion calculations. It will become a key tool for scientific research, climate modeling, energy and medicine development...

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The Jupiter Supercomputer, the fourth most powerful in the World, has been launched in the German city of Jülich.

This is the first system in Europe capable of operating with a performance of more than 1 exaflop.

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Claude was also used to calculate the ransom amount — between $75,000 and $500,000 in Bitcoin — and generate threatening messages that were displayed on victims’ screens.

info: Anthropic Warns of Hacker Weaponizing Claude AI Like Never Before - https://t.co/ELjP5WCqlv

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The hacker used the Claude Code agent-based environment to find vulnerabilities, steal credentials, and infiltrate corporate networks. The AI ​​was used to steal personal records, including medical, financial, and identification information.

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Anthropic has revealed details of an unprecedented incident in which an attacker used its AI assistant Claude to conduct a massive ransomware campaign. The attack affected at least 17 organizations, including government agencies, healthcare and emergency, religious organizations

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ESET has identified the first AI-powered ransomware.

The malware, called PromptLock, uses OpenAI's gpt-oss-20b model to generate scripts.

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To date, the record for the number of physical qubits in a single system (1,180) belongs to Atom Computing, while competitor Quantinuum leads in the number of logical qubits (50). Until now, no one has managed to combine both of these achievements in a single machine.

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These characteristics make it the leading contender for the title of the most advanced quantum computer ever created.

info: Denmark taps Microsoft to build world’s most powerful quantum computer - https://t.co/GDdsIgkLEd

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The system being created, called Magne (in honor of the mythological son of the god Thor), is expected to operate with about 50 logical and more than 1,200 physical qubits.

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Bundle: Microsoft to Launch World's Most Powerful Quantum Computer in Denmark.

The initiative is called QuNorth and will be implemented with the support of Microsoft (software) and Californian company Atom Computing (hardware).

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Bitcoinist: Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin's fortune has surpassed $1 billion. The Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency has reached a multi-year high, surpassing the $4,300 mark, which is the highest price since November 2021. info: https://t.co/5gSd4hmWqf

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info: Elon Musk’s Grok loses to Sam Altman’s OpenAI in AI chess tournament - https://t.co/7AeKSk86y4

Also the Kaggle AI Exhibition tournament brought together some of the leading AI models from companies including Anthropic, DeepSeek, Google and Moonshot AI.

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The Independent: OpenAI's o3 thrashes Musk's Grok in the final of the Kaggle AI Exhibition chess tournament.
The final score was 4-0 in o3's favour, adding further spice to the long-running rivalry between OpenAI co-founder Altman and Musk, who previously tried to acquire OpenAI.

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According to the authors, this does not necessarily lead to the displacement of specialists, but rather indicates an increase in the symbiosis of man and technology, where AI becomes a tool for increasing efficiency.

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Microsoft: AI Development and Integration threaten 40 Professions.

info: Microsoft researchers have revealed the 40 jobs most exposed to AI—and even teachers make the list = https://t.co/tnFZTCV5tM

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According to analysts at Microsoft Research, the professions most susceptible to AI impact include translators, writers, historians, customer support staff, flight attendants, salespeople, CNC developers, telephone operators, ticket service cashiers, as well as radio hosts and DJ

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One of the scary scenarios is the possible release of biological weapons by AI, which will be able to infect most of the population of large cities without being noticed.

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"We will have no way to know the truth. Many of the internal decision-making processes in AI are already incomprehensible to humans."

info: Experts predict AI will lead to the extinction of humanity - https://t.co/zTXerWLF6c