Microsoft enters $100M partnership with Canadian firm after quantum breakthrough
Canadian quantum computing firm Photonic has emerged from stealth to raise $100 million for its all-silicon quantum computing platform. Among the investors is new partner Microsoft, who will co-develop quantum networking solutions with the startup.The investment and partnership come as num ...
Meta and Microsoft launch open-source AI model Llama 2
Big Tech firms Meta and Microsoft have teamed up to launch Llama 2, an open-source large language model from Meta that will feature on Microsoft’s Windows and cloud computing platform Azure.The pair announced the collaboration on July 18 saying Llama 2 was made free for research and ...