Conrad Haupt

First ‘half Möbius’ carbon chain wows chemists The looped molecule’s unusual shape could unlock strange physical properties

The Möbius strip, a twisted loop with one continuous surface, is inspiring chemists to create novel molecular structures.

go.nature.com/4u3KJAq

[BREAKING] SA becomes the first African country to register the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab — at record speed - Bhekisisa South Africa has become the first African country — and our medicines regulator the third worldwide — to register the revolutionary twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN). The shot could bring a...

BREAKING: South Africa has become the first African country — and our medicines regulator the third worldwide — to register the revolutionary twice-a-year anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir (LEN). The shot could bring an end to Aids if enough people take it.

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bhekisisa.org/health-news-...

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

I'm not sure what the solution is. These tools are very useful, I'm sure, but how can they be used with informed consent from others?

Here an attendee gets to decide on the tool, its use, and the privacy policy enforced. And as the AI is typically unsupervised, there is no way to resolve other than kicking the account or leaving the meeting.

The same consent is typically required for recordings, yes, but there the meeting host typically initiates the recording and manages access to the final video.

A Microsoft Teams message stating that the meeting is being recorded and processed by MaestroLabs using AI. It goes on to say that staying in the meeting is you "giving consent" to it being recorded and processed. A privacy policy is linked to.

What kind of hostage situation is this.

This is my first in-the-wild encounter with a meeting AI assistant. If someone does not agree to the privacy policy, shouldn't the AI tool be disabled instead of requiring attendees to leave?

If it's reproducible, it sounds like it is based on public sources or other open datasets. If the model "promotes [...] inclusion", then I'm also interested in which public datasets were used and if/how they support this claim.

Also, nice that it was trained in Switzerland!

I'm excited to see how well this model performs, but I'm more interested in the details of "the training data [being] transparent and reproducible".

The Golden Crane flies for Tarmon Gai'don!
#TheWheelOfTime #SaveWOT

Efficient calculation of Green's functions on quantum computers via simultaneous circuit perturbation We propose a novel, ancilla-free algorithm to compute Retarded Green's Functions (RGFs) on quantum computers. Our proposal is based on real-time evolution and specifically designed circuit components,...

📣 Fresh out of the arXiv 🚀 — We introduce an ancilla‑free framework to reconstruct retarded Green’s functions (RGFs) on quantum computers. 🔗 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.05563

Here's the source code of the app published by @micahflee.com micahflee.com/heres-the-so...

My hope is that this helps drive the transition to cleaner energy sources, especially given how many opportunities there are, for solar and wind, in the country.

‘Cancel Coal’ case victory: Mantashe’s plans ruled unconstitutional In a landmark ruling that saw young environmental activists triumph, the high court has overturned the government’s plans to add 1,500MW of new coal-fired power to the national grid, saying they are ‘...

Here's some nice news! The South African government can't go ahead with new coal power plants, as they were "ominously silent" on how they would impact "the environment and health of the nation, in particular that of children"!

#environment #SouthAfrica
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...

Release news: Qiskit SDK v1.3 is here! | IBM Quantum Computing Blog Technical release summary for Qiskit SDK v1.3, including details on top new features and improvements, and new deprecations.

Qɪꜱᴋɪᴛ 1.3 is out!

🦀 Key components now ported to Rust
📈 ~6x faster compared to 1.2
📚 The circuit library is now faster and with high-level context-aware synthesis

Learn more ibm.com/quantum/blog...

Release notes: docs.quantum.ibm.com/api/qiskit/r...

Yes please!

As you were trying to find a domain that minimised the number of corners/crosses in the code, did you consider introducing a few errors that would reduce this number fewer, but could still be corrected by the native error correction in QR codes?

The fact that you made it redirect to your tattoo artist's Instagram account, when THEY scanned it, makes this for me!