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Amazon claims to cut quantum computing timeline by 5 years with new Ocelot chip

Network World

The first industries to use it will probably be those developing new materials, new chemical processes, or in molecular biology, Painter said. Although Amazons work is promising, it will be hard to tell if it has compressed quantum development time without more evidence.

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Dow turns to AI to accelerate chemical search

CIO Business Intelligence

With several million compounds to choose from, chemists often must resort to intuition when trying to solve complex problems around chemical processes. US multinational Dow Chemical was working with a pulp and paper manufacturer to improve inefficiencies in its chemical process with a goal of producing a better, safer pulp yield.

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US targets advanced AI and cloud firms with new reporting proposal

CIO Business Intelligence

The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) plans to introduce mandatory reporting requirements for developers of advanced AI models and cloud computing providers.

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AI suggested 40,000 new possible chemical weapons in just six hours

The Verge

An instructor at the Fort Leonard Wood Chemical School, who is designated as an agent handler, carries the VX nerve agent to contaminate a jeep in one of the eight chambers used for training chemical defense on April 18, 2003 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. Tell me more about what you found.

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Tidal Vision, a startup turning crab shells into a green industrial chemical, is raising fresh cash

GeekWire

Tidal Vision has developed a green chemistry technology for turning the discarded shells into a useful, sustainable industrial chemical. Tidal Vision uses an environmentally friendly, zero-waste process to turn discarded crab shells into a valuable industrial chemical called chitosan.

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Sironix, which turns soybeans into cleaning ingredients, raises $3.5M to fund manufacturing

GeekWire

The Seattle company will use the funding to scale up the manufacturing and sales of its environmentally-friendly chemicals. ” Sironix’s first offering is a surfactant, which is a class of chemicals that makes shampoo foamy and lifts oily stains out of fabrics. million from investors and $400,000 in new grants.

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From vision to action: Huawei’s perspective on accelerating industrial digitalization and intelligence

CIO Business Intelligence

If last years Huawei Industrial Digital and Intelligent Transformation Summit was about exploring the opportunities and challenges of industrial intelligent transformation, the 2025 edition was about how rapid AI development has changed the landscape. Lastly, open-source AI models are simply becoming more competitive.

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