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Good morning! This week's focus kicks off with ChatGPT and Sora down.

But don't worry—there's plenty more to cover today. In this edition of Unfold Now:

1. 🧠 Tech Turbulence: ChatGPT and Sora's Unexpected Downtime

2. 🌍 Scientific Frontiers: Google's Quantum Computing Breakthrough

3. Amazon forms an AI agent-focused lab led by Adept’s co-founder

— Harman, Unfold Now

🔍 Spotlight: Tech Turbulence: ChatGPT and Sora's Unexpected Downtime (Image credit: OpenAI)

Summary: OpenAI's popular AI platforms experienced a major global outage on Wednesday, disrupting services for millions of users. The service interruption, which began around 5:17 PM ET, impacted both ChatGPT and the newly launched Sora video generation tool. Users reported widespread issues including API call errors and login difficulties.

"Approximately 300 million active weekly users were affected by this widespread service disruption."

Why it matters: This outage underscores AI platforms' critical infrastructure challenges. As these technologies become increasingly integrated into daily workflows—including Apple's recent iOS 18.2 update—any service interruption can have significant ripple effects across industries and user experiences.

Source: TechCrunch

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🌍 Scientific Frontiers: Google's Quantum Computing Breakthrough

Summary: Google has unveiled the Willow quantum computing chip, marking a potentially transformative milestone in computational technology. With 105 physical qubits, this chip can solve extraordinarily complex problems that would take traditional supercomputers an estimated 10 septillion years to complete.

"Willow can solve in five minutes what would take the world's fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years to process."

Why it matters: This breakthrough addresses a fundamental challenge in quantum computing—error reduction as computational complexity increases. While current applications remain experimental, this advancement hints at future possibilities in medicine, battery chemistry, and artificial intelligence that could revolutionize scientific research.

Source: The Verge

Amazon forms an AI agent-focused lab led by Adept’s co-founder.

Summary: Amazon is establishing a new artificial general intelligence (AGI) research lab in San Francisco, led by the co-founder of Adept, a company whose technology Amazon recently acquired. This lab will focus on developing AI agents capable of performing real-world actions in both digital and physical environments, handling complex workflows and learning from human feedback. The initiative builds upon Amazon's existing AGI team and signifies a significant investment in the burgeoning field of "agentic" AI, a market projected to reach substantial value. This move, similar to Microsoft's acquisition of Inflection AI, is subject to regulatory scrutiny, highlighting the growing concern about tech giants' dominance in the AI sector.

Source: TechCrunch

🚀 In Other News:

1. Apple reportedly developing AI server chip with Broadcom (Source: TechCrunch)

2. OpenAI Startup Fund raises $44M in its largest SPV yet. (Source: TechCrunch)

3. OpenAI-backed Speak raises $78M at $1B valuation to help users learn languages by talking out loud (Source: TechCrunch)

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— Harman

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