HPC News Bytes 20250929: ‘World Models’ Next Big AI Thing?, ‘Central Park-Sized’ Data Centers, Silicon Cooling Advancement, How to Tame a 6K+ Qubit Array

 

Reinforcement learning model (source: Megajuice on Wikipedia)

Good late-September morning to you! The HPC-AI world barreled forward last week at breakneck speed, producing a host of interesting developments, here’s a brief (9:25) run-through:

– “World models” could supersede LLM’s in AI

– Microsoft’s $3.3 billion datacenter, with $4 billion to follow

– OpenAI talks Central Park-sized data center, times 13

– In-chip ‘microfluidics’ silicon cooling

– Caltech tames 6,100 neutral atom qubits with 12,000 ‘optical tweezers’

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