Tech News Roundup: AI, Quantum Computing, and Cloud Innovations (Sept 22, 2025)
title: “AI in NHS Screening, NVIDIA’s Robotics Lab, and Quantum Breakthroughs: Tech News Sept 22, 2025” description: “Explore the latest tech news for Sept 22, 2025: The UK’s NHS trials AI for faster diagnosis, NVIDIA launches a robotics lab, and major breakthroughs in quantum computing and open-source software are unveiled.” date: “2025-09-22” draft: false comments: true tags: [“AI”, “Robotics”, “Quantum Computing”, “Cloud”, “Open Source”, “Software Development”, “Generative AI”, “NHS”, “NVIDIA”, “Oracle”, “Cloudflare”, “Autonomous Vehicles”, “Quantum Entanglement”, “3D Printing”, “Distributed File System”] categories: [“Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning”, “Robotics & Autonomous Vehicles”, “Generative AI Models”, “Generative AI Platforms”, “DevOps”, “Cloud Infrastructure”, “Quantum Computing”, “Software Engineering”, “Open-Source”, “Healthcare Technology”]
UK’s NHS Launches Massive AI Trial to Speed Up Cancer Screening and Diagnosis
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is launching a large-scale trial of artificial intelligence tools within its screening services to accelerate patient diagnosis and improve outcomes. A new AI research platform, AIR-SP, is being established with nearly £6 million in government funding, enabling hospital trusts nationwide to participate in AI-driven diagnostic trials. The platform will give NHS staff access to AI tools designed to analyze screening images for abnormalities, such as early signs of cancer, with greater speed and accuracy. This unified cloud system is projected to significantly cut the time and cost of deploying AI research, potentially saving £2-3 million per multi-site study. The digital platform is slated for research use by 2027, marking a key step in the government’s plan to digitize the health service.
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TII and NVIDIA Partner to Open AI and Robotics Research Hub in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII) and NVIDIA have announced a partnership to create the first joint AI and robotics research lab in the Middle East. The TII-NVAITC (NVIDIA AI Technology Center) Joint Lab will concentrate on pioneering next-generation AI models, advanced robotics platforms, and humanoid technologies. This collaboration aims to push the boundaries of Physical AI by combining TII’s Falcon family of large language models with NVIDIA’s powerful accelerated computing platforms. The initiative supports Abu Dhabi’s goal of strengthening its technological sovereignty and establishes the UAE as a key player in the global robotics ecosystem. Research will focus on robotic learning, large-scale control systems, and developing specialized hardware for real-time robotic operations.
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Grab and WeRide to Debut Autonomous Ride-Hailing Service in Singapore
Ride-hailing giant Grab is teaming up with Chinese autonomous driving firm WeRide to introduce its first consumer-facing autonomous vehicle service in Singapore, named Autonomously Intelligent Ride (Ai.R). Selected by Singapore’s Land Transport Authority, the robotaxi service will operate along two fixed routes in the Punggol residential district. The initial fleet will feature 11 self-driving vehicles, including WeRide’s five-seater GXR and eight-seater Robobus models. These vehicles have successfully passed Singapore’s M1 safety assessment for operation on public roads. During the initial phase, a trained safety operator will be present in each vehicle. The fleet will undergo a “route familiarisation” period before the passenger service is expected to launch in early 2026.
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Stanford Researchers Use Generative AI to Create Novel, Functional Viruses
In a major development for biotechnology, a research team at Stanford University has successfully employed generative AI to design entirely new viral genomes, which were then synthesized and tested in a lab. The AI-generated viruses proved to be functional, demonstrating the ability to infect bacteria effectively. This breakthrough confirms that AI models can produce viable genetic material, a capability that could dramatically accelerate advancements in drug discovery and genetic engineering. The AI was trained on a vast dataset of nearly 2 million bacteriophages, allowing it to learn complex genetic patterns and propose novel genomes. The research also underscores the potential bio-safety concerns and the need for responsible governance of this powerful technology.
Oracle Elevates Cloud Leaders to Co-CEOs, Signaling Major OCI Push
Oracle has promoted Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia to co-CEOs, a leadership change that underscores the company’s strategic pivot towards its rapidly growing cloud computing business. Former CEO Safra Catz will transition to the role of executive vice chairman of the board. Clay Magouyrk was a key figure in the development of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), previously serving as its president. Industry analysts view this move as a clear signal of Oracle’s commitment to its cloud infrastructure services, which provide the foundational computing power for major AI companies like OpenAI and Meta. Oracle’s cloud division is on track to become its largest source of revenue in the near future.
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Quantum Leap: UNSW Achieves Long-Distance Atom Entanglement in Silicon Chips
Engineers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have made a significant quantum computing breakthrough by entangling two atomic nuclei over a 20-nanometer distance within a silicon chip. This was achieved by using electrons to mediate the interaction, a novel method that overcomes the previous constraint requiring nuclei to be extremely close. Successfully achieving quantum entanglement at a distance comparable to modern transistor sizes is a crucial step toward building scalable quantum processors using existing semiconductor manufacturing technology. This technique enables the creation of highly stable quantum bits (qubits) compatible with current silicon fabrication processes. The electrons acted as “telephones,” linking the nuclear spins at a technologically relevant scale and paving the way for large-scale quantum computers.
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MIT’s ‘SCIGEN’ AI Tool Accelerates Discovery of New Quantum Materials
A research team at MIT has developed SCIGEN, a new artificial intelligence tool designed to dramatically accelerate the discovery of novel materials for quantum computing. SCIGEN enhances existing generative AI models by incorporating physics-based and geometric constraints, guiding them to produce stable and viable crystal lattice structures relevant to quantum phenomena. This innovative approach solves a common problem where AI models generate impractical or unstable material designs. Using SCIGEN, the MIT team generated millions of material candidates, which led to the successful synthesis of two new compounds exhibiting exotic magnetic properties. By focusing the AI on specific geometric patterns like Kagome and Archimedean lattices, the tool efficiently identifies materials that could lead to more robust, error-resistant qubits.
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3D-Printed Ion Traps Pave the Way for Scalable Quantum Computers
In a significant advance for quantum hardware, researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and University of California campuses have used 3D printing to miniaturize quadrupole ion traps for quantum computers. This innovation is a key step toward creating scalable quantum computing hardware. The 3D-printed, millimeter-scale ion traps can confine ions with high frequency and stability, performing competitively with state-of-the-art fabrication methods. This manufacturing technique enables the rapid prototyping of complex 3D electrode structures that are difficult to produce with traditional methods. The team validated the traps by performing high-fidelity single- and two-qubit operations, a breakthrough that could speed up the development of more powerful quantum computers and find applications in advanced sensing and ultra-precise atomic clocks.
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Cloudflare Open-Sources Cap’n Web, a New RPC Protocol for JavaScript
Cloudflare has released Cap’n Web, a new open-source Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol tailored for JavaScript environments, including browsers and servers. Drawing inspiration from Cap’n Proto, the new protocol is designed to simplify remote calls by removing the need for schemas and boilerplate code. Cap’n Web features support for dynamic interfaces and bidirectional communication, making it ideal for building real-time applications. It integrates seamlessly with Cloudflare Workers and can be used interchangeably with the native RPC system. The protocol is lightweight, compatible with all major browsers and modern JavaScript runtimes, and its open-source release on GitHub invites community contributions to guide its future development.
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XTX Markets Open-Sources TernFS, an Exabyte-Scale Distributed File System
Algorithmic trading firm XTX Markets has released TernFS as an open-source project. TernFS is a distributed file system engineered to handle massive immutable files, a common requirement in large-scale machine learning operations. Developed to replace the company’s previous NFS-based infrastructure, TernFS is designed for exabyte-scale logical storage, with the ability to span multiple geographic regions. It ensures high availability and has no single point of failure for metadata. After more than three years in development and internal use, TernFS is now available on GitHub under GPLv2+ and Apache 2.0 licenses, designed to run on commodity hardware and standard Ethernet networking.
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