Microsoft paves its own AI way at Build

Microsoft’s Majorana 2 quantum chip arrived this week with numbers that are genuinely difficult to contextualise: qubits 1,000 times more reliable than the first generation, a mean qubit lifetime of 20 seconds against an industry norm measured in microseconds, and a revised roadmap targeting a commercially scalable quantum computer by 2029. Behind those numbers is Microsoft Discovery […] The post Microsoft’s Majorana 2 quantum chip is also a case study for agentic AI in R&D appeared first on AI News.

Microsoft used its annual Build developer conference to unveil a suite of tools aimed at making AI agents safer, more controllable, and easier to evaluate — a direct response to growing industry alarm over autonomous AI systems operating without adequate oversight. At the centre of the effort is the Agent Control Specification (ACS), an open-source standard that […]

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