The Download: a useful quantum machine and a record-breaking subsea tunnel
Neither item concerns AI governance or APS practice - this digest entry is not relevant to APS AI work.
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- MIT Technology Review digest covers PsiQuantum's quantum computing ambitions and a Norwegian subsea tunnel.
- AI is not a subject of this item; quantum computing is mentioned only as aspirational future hardware.
- No relevance to APS AI governance, strategy, or practice - included here in error.
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"The Download: a useful quantum machine and a record-breaking subsea tunnel"
Source: MIT Technology Review – AI
Published: 15 July 2026
URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/15/1140498/the-download-useful-quantum-computer-subsea-tunnel/
This MIT Technology Review 'The Download' digest covers two unrelated engineering stories: PsiQuantum's ambition to build a large-scale photonic quantum computer, and a journalist's visit to a record-breaking subsea road tunnel under Norway's North Sea fjords. Neither item addresses AI systems, algorithmic governance, or public sector AI practice. Quantum computing appears only as a long-horizon aspiration, not as a near-term AI governance concern.
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