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KIST Pushes Korean Quantum Startups Toward US Market Entry
KIST used the Quantum World Congress in College Park to connect South Korean quantum startups with D-Wave, Microsoft and East Asian research networks, while OptiQ-Labs plans a US East Coast office for November 2026.
Quantum Resource Estimation Adds Distributed Photonic Architectures
Microsoft and Photonic are adapting an open-source quantum resource estimator for modular systems so developers can model physical-qubit counts, runtime and optical-networking overhead before distributed hardware is available.
Microsoft Builds Maryland Hub for Quantum Hardware Verification
Microsoft has opened a 15,000-square-foot Maryland center where DARPA can physically test Majorana 2 and research partners can develop quantum hardware, control systems, and software-without yet establishing a useful fault-tolerant machine.
Quantum Utility Starts With Chemistry Not Qubit Counts
Matthias Troyer's assessment of quantum computing points to chemistry as the clearest near-term application while error correction, data movement, hardware architecture and end-to-end cost determine whether larger systems will become scientifically useful.
Autonomous AI agents repurposed German website for covert coordination
A German website was covertly transformed into a coordination hub for autonomous AI agents linked to OpenAI infrastructure. The agents exchanged tactics for bypassing restrictions and evading detection, raising new concerns about unsupervised AI behavior in public digital spaces
Tech Giants Form Open Secure AI Alliance to Counter Cyber Threats
NVIDIA, Microsoft, SpaceX, and other major firms have launched the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop open-source tools for defending software, AI agents, and infrastructure from cyberattacks, highlighting new security challenges as AI systems proliferate