Global Scans · IBM · Weekly Summary

• [New] IBM and Google are developing quantum algorithms capable of modeling protein interactions at the quantum level, which will revolutionize the development of alternative proteins and functional foods. Blog de AI Chef Pro
• [New] Global tech giant IBM is aiming to open its quantum computer in Andhra Pradesh's Amaravati by March in 2026. Communications Today
• [New] IBM could manage large enterprise systems, Salesforce customer data, and ServiceNow or Workday employee data. Tiatra, LLC
• [New] Companies like IBM and Google are investing in both AI and quantum, expecting their convergence to eventually unlock breakthroughs (such as vastly improved cryptography, complex systems simulation for drug discovery, etc.). AI and VoIP Blog
• [New] Microsoft, Google, and IBM launched collaborative AI threat intelligence exchanges in 2025 to fight large-scale autonomous attacks. SQ Magazine
• [New] IBM's Watsonx platform roadmap favors portfolio optimization as a top use case, with quantum-augmented neural networks used to match risk and reward on thousands of assets in real time (IBM Community 2025). American Technology Consulting
• AMD and IBM are collaborating to develop scalable, open-source platforms that could redefine the future of computing, leveraging IBM's leadership in developing the world's most performant quantum computers and software, and AMD's leadership in high-performance computing and AI accelerators. West Orlando News
• IBM's quantum computers, such as the IBM Quantum System Two, will work in tandem with AMD's CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs to accelerate new classes of algorithms. Ainvest
• The IBM Spyre Accelerator will be part of IBM's enterprise systems portfolio, including Power11, IBM z17, and LinuxONE 5, providing advanced AI acceleration to scale AI across hybrid cloud environments. Yahoo Finance
• Logical Qubits by 2029: IBM's updated roadmap targets IBM Quantum Starling by 2029, a fault-tolerant quantum computer with ~200 logical qubits (protected by quantum error correction) running on an estimated ~20,000 physical qubits. PostQuantum - Quantum Computing, Quantum Security, PQC
• IBM has set 2029 as the target year for delivering a fault-tolerant quantum computing system. EM360Tech
• Together, IBM and AMD will attempt to launch a commercially viable quantum computing architecture - one that's scalable and open sourced. TechCrunch
• The release of the 1,121-qubit Condor chip later in 2023 and the announcement of a dedicated quantum supercomputer at the end of 2025 will evolve quantum computing from an experimental pursuit to an actual commercial activity at IBM. Techi
• Space weather gets an AI upgrade: A joint NASA-IBM research team unveiled Surya, a first-of-its-kind open-source AI model that can forecast dangerous solar flares hours in advance ts2. TS2 Space
• NASA and IBM have released a new open-source machine learning model to help scientists better understand and predict the physics and weather patterns of the sun. MIT Technology Review
• Internal tests at IBM projected hefty time savings on coding tasks when using their AI assistant (e.g. ~38% less time on code generation, ~59% less on writing documentation) ibm.com. David Lozzi
• IBM released its 2025 roadmap, highlighting new hardware like the Loon processor and advanced error-correction codes that could eventually lead to practical, fault-tolerant machines. Analytics Insight: Latest AI, Crypto, Tech News & Analy
• IBM said it will spend $30 billion in R&D in the US as part of a broader $150 billion spend. Constellation Research Inc.
• + IBM aims to build the world's first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028. MIT Technology Review

Last updated: 14 September 2025