Tiny quantum nanostructures could make AI less of an energy hog
Engineers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison have designed a new type of quantum nanostructure that could enable optical neural networks. This emerging technology has the potential to make artificial intelligence systems, like large language models and image generation, faster and significantly more energy efficient.
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