Apple's abandoned self-driving car programme has left an unexpected legacy: the company's powerful AI chips. Early in the development of the vehicle platform, Apple determined it would need robust on-device AI processing capability. Although the car processor itself was never completed, the work informed the design of Apple's subsequent silicon, which has become a high-performance platform for AI tasks. Source
Researchers have demonstrated how quantum computing and artificial intelligence can be combined to generate new peptides for drug development. The scientists assembled funding and time on a part-time basis to show the approach's potential for creating treatments for rare diseases and underserved populations. Source