Image Credits: Allison Cohen / Bryce Durbin To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the year as the AI boom continues, highlighting key work …
The funding follows recent calls to increase Canada’s AI computing power. The governments of Canada and Québec have earmarked $16 million to create an AI computing cluster at Université Laval. The investment is intended to support the purchase of the computing infrastructure needed for Université Laval to host the Pan-Canadian AI Compute Environment (PAICE) …
PASQAL, a France-based leader in neutral atom quantum computing has partnered with Mila, a Montreal-based research institute in artificial intelligence. The collaboration will be a first exploratory step towards enhancing generative modeling with quantum computing benchmarking and coupling with tensor networks. Adding to Mila’s vibrant community of nearly a dozen partners in the quantum space, …