HPC News Bytes – 20261012

– Gartner’s AI predictions
– AI Costs, autonomy, accountability
– Aurora DAOS storage: 800 servers, 30TB/s
– DARPA QBI
– Quantum startup funding
– Thorium nuclear clock
– TSMC–GlobalFoundries packaging deal
– Rapidus 2nm update
– AI in math “Denial of Human Validation” attack!