# AI

Shayne Heffernan on artificial intelligence and quantum computing: the build-out, the timeline, and what remains worth paying a human for.

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Artificial intelligence and quantum computing treated as one problem rather than two. The chips and the power behind the build-out, the migration to post-quantum cryptography, the difference between a real capability and a good deck, and the question underneath all of it: what remains worth paying a human for.

Corresponding Live Trading News centre: https://www.livetradingnews.com/center/ai-stocks

## Essays on this desk

- [KXCO Now Verifies ML-DSA-87 in Consensus, the Signature Level Named by the NSA](https://www.livetradingnews.com/kxco-now-verifies-ml-dsa-87-in-consensus-the-signature-level-named-by-the-nsa) — 2026-10-06
- [Weekly Market Outlook: Fed Minutes, Anthropic and OpenAI IPOs, Gold, Bitcoin, FX](https://www.livetradingnews.com/weekly-market-outlook-fed-minutes-anthropic-and-openai-ipos-gold-bitcoin-fx) — 2026-10-05
- [Post-Quantum Has a Deadline: 2030 for Keys, 2031 for Signatures](https://www.livetradingnews.com/post-quantum-has-a-deadline-2030-for-keys-2031-for-signatures) — 2026-10-05
- [KXCO Is the Layer Between the LLM and the World](https://www.livetradingnews.com/kxco-is-the-layer-between-the-llm-and-the-world) — 2026-10-05
- [Thoughts on Thinking in an AI World](https://www.livetradingnews.com/thoughts-on-thinking-in-an-ai-world) — 2026-10-03
- [Hegseth's AutoWarCom: Who Builds It, What the Money Buys, and the Record It Needs](https://www.livetradingnews.com/hegseths-autowarcom-who-builds-it-what-the-money-buys-and-the-record-it-needs) — 2026-10-02
- [Tokenising a Share in Code: the Register Entry, the Credential and 4 Checks](https://www.livetradingnews.com/tokenising-a-share-in-code-the-register-entry-the-credential-and-4-checks) — 2026-09-30
- [Tokenised Equity Has Rules Now, and Every Rule Tests the Share Register](https://www.livetradingnews.com/tokenised-equity-has-rules-now-and-every-rule-tests-the-share-register) — 2026-09-30
- [The 2030 Post-Quantum Deadline in Code: 6 Changes and the Test for Each](https://www.livetradingnews.com/the-2030-post-quantum-deadline-in-code-6-changes-and-the-test-for-each) — 2026-09-29
- [AI Development: The Token Got Cheaper, the Building Did Not](https://www.livetradingnews.com/ai-development-the-token-got-cheaper-the-building-did-not) — 2026-09-29
- [The Week the Discount Rate Gets a Vote](https://www.livetradingnews.com/the-week-the-discount-rate-gets-a-vote) — 2026-09-28
- [The Round Table Scorecard: 87 Days of a Live Ontology](https://www.livetradingnews.com/the-round-table-scorecard-87-days-of-a-live-ontology) — 2026-09-27
- [Wall Street Week Ahead: Rates, Oil, AI, Quantum, Defense, Metals and Bitcoin](https://www.livetradingnews.com/wall-street-week-ahead-rates-oil-ai-quantum-defense-metals-and-bitcoin) — 2026-09-21
- [KXCO is Enhanced Intelligence, Not Artificial](https://www.livetradingnews.com/kxco-is-enhanced-intelligence-not-artificial) — 2026-09-17
- [Your AI Agent and the Law: Who Acted, By What Right, and What You Can Prove](https://www.livetradingnews.com/your-ai-agent-and-the-law-who-acted-by-what-right-and-what-you-can-prove) — 2026-09-17
- [The AI Safety Argument Is Being Held in the Wrong Room](https://www.livetradingnews.com/the-ai-safety-argument-is-being-held-in-the-wrong-room) — 2026-09-17
- [Musk and Colossus: Inside the 1.29 Gigawatt Machine in Memphis](https://www.livetradingnews.com/musk-and-colossus-inside-the-129-gigawatt-machine-in-memphis) — 2026-09-17
- [Quantum Is Accelerating](https://www.livetradingnews.com/quantum-is-accelerating) — 2026-09-16
- [Ignore the Noise: AI Is Not Slowing Down](https://www.livetradingnews.com/ignore-the-noise-ai-is-not-slowing-down) — 2026-09-16
- [Quantum Cybersecurity: The KXCO Chain Is Already Running](https://www.livetradingnews.com/quantum-safe-cybersecurity-the-kxco-chain-is-already-running) — 2026-09-15
- [NIST Graded Our Post-Quantum Cryptography. Zero Failures.](https://www.livetradingnews.com/nist-graded-our-post-quantum-cryptography-zero-failures) — 2026-09-13
- [What the KXCO Ontology Exposed While the Market Stood Still](https://www.livetradingnews.com/what-the-kxco-ontology-exposed-while-the-market-stood-still) — 2026-09-11
- [What KXCO Is, and Why the Hard Problem Was Never Intelligence](https://www.livetradingnews.com/what-kxco-is-and-why-the-hard-problem-was-never-intelligence) — 2026-09-11
- [China's AI and Quantum Ambitions](https://www.livetradingnews.com/chinas-ai-and-quantum-ambitions) — 2026-09-09

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