NADI, a new DARPA-like Dutch government agency, launches a €40M challenge to accelerate chip design with AI in collaboration with its German counterpart SPRIND
A new Dutch government agency set up to achieve strategic innovation will work with its German counterpart to pursue breakthroughs …
Microsoft says it will give DARPA on-site access to its latest quantum computing hardware, including the Majorana 2 chip, at its new Maryland research center
Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Tuesday said it will give the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency direct, on-site access …
A profile of PsiQuantum, which has raised $1B in 2025, is building a quantum computer with GlobalFoundries-made photonic chips, and is highly regarded by DARPA
The company has drawn governments, a major chipmaker, and the Pentagon into an effort to control fragile photons and build a useful quantum machine.
An interview with Trent Brunson, R&D director at cybersecurity firm Trail of Bits, which won $3M and second in DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge, behind Team Atlanta
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A look at DARPA's “Exponentiating Mathematics” program, which aims to speed up progress in pure mathematics by developing an AI “co-author” to conduct research
Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using artificial intelligence.
A look at AIxCC, or AI Cyber Challenge, a competition launched in 2023 and run by DARPA to design an AI program that scans open source code for security flaws
Computer scientists brainstorm in Pentagon-backed competition to design an AI program that scans open-source code for flaws bad actors could exploit Mastodon: @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange . Bluesky: @...
Q&A with White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar on her role, working at DARPA, AI, showing ChatGPT to Biden, and more
Arati Prabhakar has the ear of the US president and a massive mission: help manage AI, revive the semiconductor industry, and pull off a cancer moonshot.