"IBM Develops AI-Powered z16 to Help Thwart Quantum Cyber Attacks"

IBM recently unveiled its next-generation system called IBM z16. The system has an integrated on-chip Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerator for delivering latency-optimized inferencing. With IBM z16, clients will be able to analyze real-time transactions at scale. IBM z16 is especially valuable for mission-critical workloads such as credit card, health care, and financial transactions. Inference is the process of calculating a specific outcome by running live data points through a Machine Learning (ML) model. In financial transactions, for example, the outcome could be a numerical score that can detect fraud. While beneficial, inference is frequently too slow to run all transactions at scale without compromising service standards. IBM z16 is intended to make those limitations obsolete. With z16, IBM built an AI accelerator on the IBM Telum processor. As a result, banks can now analyze fraud on a vast scale during transactions. IBM z16 can process 300 billion inference requests per day with a latency of just one millisecond. As claims can be processed more quickly, z16 may alleviate the frustration of dealing with fraudulent credit card transactions for consumers. Low latency inference equals less revenue loss for retailers and card issuers. Consumer turnover is less likely with improved inference since there are fewer incorrect charge declines and better customer service. IBM z16 uses lattice-based cryptography, which is a quantum-safe technique that creates security primitives. These primitives aid in protecting data and systems from existing and future threats. IBM z16's secure boot and quantum-safe cryptography can assist clients in mitigating potential quantum-computing risks, including 'harvest now, decode later' attacks, which can result in extortion, intellectual property theft, and the exposure of sensitive data. This article continues to discuss the capabilities and expectations of IBM z16. 

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