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IBM, Red Hat Back Open Source Security in AI Era

May 2026 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin

IBM and Red Hat have announced Project Lightwell, a $5 billion commitment intended to help enterprises secure open source software in the AI era. The initiative combines new frontier AI capabilities with a global team of more than 20,000 engineers to support vulnerability identification, validation, remediation, and lifecycle management across open source software supply chains. […]

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U.S. Department of Commerce Backs Quantum Computing

May 2026 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin

The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced plans to provide more than $2 billion in proposed federal incentives supporting quantum computing research, manufacturing infrastructure, and advanced engineering development as part of broader efforts to strengthen domestic leadership in quantum technologies and national security. The proposed funding, administered through the CHIPS Research and Development Office under […]

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IBM Pioneers Co-Packaged Optics with PWG for AI Data Centers

December 2024 Molly Bakewell Chamberlin

IBM has unveiled a breakthrough in co-packaged optics (CPO) technology, leveraging polymer optical waveguides (PWG) to significantly enhance AI data center performance. This advancement represents the first successful implementation of PWG to support CPO, as detailed in IBM Research’s recently published technical paper. The innovation enables high-bandwidth optical connectivity, offering faster AI model training, improved […]