This month we feature Minnesota’ s Mall of America – the largest shopping and entertainment complex in North America – deploying AI-powered analytics to enhance parking intelligence.

AI scaling is slowing down and that might be a good thing says Corey Keyser, Head of AI, Ataccama.

On p35 Corey says Frontier model gains are tapering – paving the way for the development of more robust, reliable and efficient systems that align with real-world needs.

Mall of America has expanded its partnership with Axis Communications to implement cutting-edge car counting video analytics, improving operational efficiency and enhancing safety across its vast complex.

On p14, Aaron Nielsen, Vice President, Information Technology, Mall of America, tells us how the integration of AI-enabled analytics has not only streamlined event planning and traffic management but also significantly boosted decision-making and employee safety.

With LLMs rapidly becoming an unavoidable tool in the software industry, new research reported on p24 reveals that 53 % of senior developers believe LLMs can already code better than most humans.

Columbia engineers say they’ ve broken the quantum bottleneck with HyperQ – a system that lets multiple quantum programs run on one machine at the same time.

This breakthrough – outlined on p28 – promises to reduce wait times dramatically and accelerate discoveries in medicine, clean energy and materials science.

Just a sample then, of what’ s inside – enjoy the read

Have an innovative month – make stuff happen.

The survey, conducted by Clutch and polling 800 senior software developers across North America, highlights how AI is reshaping the future of coding. An overwhelming 75 % of respondents said they expect AI to significantly transform the industry within the next five years.

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