Near Misses

Near Misses

The American regulator (Federal Reserve and OCC – Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) calls them “near misses” because they are errors made within the payment system that are, however, detected and corrected at some stage in the various...
Beyond Willow, there is more

Beyond Willow, there is more

On December 9, 2024, Google Quantum AI Lab announced to the world “Willow,” a quantum chip capable of exponentially reducing quantum error as the number of qubits increases (see our article “Willow: Google’s new quantum chip” from 12/20/2024)....
US innovates, China replicates, EU regulates

US innovates, China replicates, EU regulates

There is no doubt, the event of these days is the shocking announcement of the launch of DeepSeek, the low-cost Chinese competitor to OpenAI, if only for the turmoil created in the stock markets, dragged down by NVIDIA’s sudden drop. Much has been written about...