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IBM Research 29 June 2026, 14:00

IBM is accepting applications for its third-annual Quantum Developer Conference 2026, taking place November 11-13 in Chicago, where attendees will learn about quantum advantage demonstrations and access hands-on workshops. The application deadline is September 21, with first-round acceptances sent August 10 and final acceptances by October 12. Participants will gain practical experience with IBM's latest quantum computing tools and methods to apply to their own projects.

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The open-weight AI model market hit an inflection point today as Alibaba and Kimi released trillion-parameter competitors that challenge the closed-model orthodoxy—just as Washington moved to restrict them. Alibaba's Qwen 3.8 Max (2.4 trillion parameters) and Kimi K3 (2.8T) are going open-weight, with K3 ranking first on Frontend Web App Arena and fourth on agentic benchmarks, signaling that scale and transparency can coexist. The timing matters: while U.S. policymakers weigh layered restrictions on Chinese open models, technical experts are pushing back hard, arguing that closed gardens actually hurt security and competition more than they help. The real fragmentation risk isn't technical—it's regulatory.

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