QUANTUM COMPUTING
NETHERLANDS: The port of ROTTERDAM announces it will be part of the Quantum Communication Fieldlab Rotterdam, an initiative to be launched on June 18. This fieldlab will provide a place where new quantum communication technologies can be tested and validated in real-life settings.
More details here: www.qcfr.eu
GERMANY: the CHIRON project. Supported by the German Federal Government, the consortium is developing an entanglement-based #QKD backbone network that will be demonstrated across two real-world environments: urban Berlin and rural Thuringia, fully integrated into existing ICT infrastructure. The objective is to make sure Quantum Key Distribution is operational, as it will be a cornerstone of Post Quantum Cryptographic communication.
AI
FRANCE INCREASES EFFORT TO BE AUTONOMOUS
On June 16, the day before VivaTech opened, the French Prime Minister announced an additional 655 million euros as part of France 2030, the big investment plan launched by Emmanuel Macron in October 2021 with a budget of 54 billion euros. The goal is to support “infrastructures, computing capacities, research, companies, and industrial sectors” related to artificial intelligence. At the same time, he revealed several projects aimed at speeding up the adoption of AI within the State, including a common conversational assistant for all public employees and a health assistant integrated into the Assurance Maladie Ameli website. But beyond the announcements, the way this funding was talked about signals a shift in tone. “We can’t depend on the goodwill of certain partners capable of shutting off access to Anthropic’s models,” said the Prime Minister.
