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Google is ready to burn $5M to learn how to use quantum computing

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They’re looking for ideas from people all over the world on how quantum computing can help solve things like healthcare , finance , and more. Google hopes this will lead to practical uses for quantum technology, making life better for everyone. Judges assess the technical merit, innovation, and potential impact of each proposal.

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Science Fiction Short: Hijack

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Because we’re going much farther into the future than a typical Spectrum article does, we’ve contextualized and annotated Schroeder’s story to show how it’s still grounded in real science and technology. Computers have grown more and more powerful over the decades by pushing the limits of how small their electronics can get.

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What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?

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See also: “Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT” » It’s Just Adding One Word at a Time That ChatGPT can automatically generate something that reads even superficially like human-written text is remarkable, and unexpected. But how does it do it? And why does it work? seems best.