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Crypto
Coinbase urges crypto industry to prepare for quantum computing threat in first position paper
Coinbase has issued its first official position paper urging the cryptocurrency industry to take early action against threats posed by quantum computing. Its independent advisory board warned that while digital assets are safe today, quantum computers capable of breaking blockchain cryptography will eventually emerge. The board identified wallet-level signatures as the biggest weak point, citing migration costs and coordination challenges, and flagged risks from lost keys and inactive wallets that may not upgrade.
AI & Enterprise
AI power users more likely managers than juniors, KPMG analysis of 1.4 million prompts shows
How employees use AI tools, rather than how often they use them, can determine performance, an analysis found. KPMG and a University of Texas at Austin team reviewed 1.4 million AI prompts produced by 2,500 employees over eight months and assessed conversations using OpenAI\'s reasoning model ChatGPT o1. Only 5 percent qualified as advanced users, even though 90 percent used AI regularly. Advanced users were more often managers than juniors.
AI & Enterprise
MegazoneCloud shares quantum technology industry strategy with UT Austin MBA students
MegazoneCloud said it shared strategies for industrial use of quantum technology with about 30 University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business MBA students. The company hosted 37 visitors on March 10 at its industry-academia-research center in Gwacheon for a Quantum & Cloud Strategy Day event as part of the MBA program’s Global Connections field study. It introduced quantum technology applications across sectors and discussed corporate strategic responses.