Ideas that move Fidelity forward.
The Fidelity Center for Applied Technology®, or FCATSM, is a catalyst for breakthrough achievements in research and tech. We assess, test and scale concepts and ideas that advance Fidelity’s market leadership and enhance every customer’s experience. FCAT teams are curious, inquisitive, and intently focused on the future.
Projects and Observations
FCAT teams are always looking beyond the horizon. We analyze social trends and experiment with an array of technologies that may impact Fidelity and its customers over the next five years.
Artificial Intelligence
By: Elton Zhu and Serdar Kadıoğlu | Nov 26, 2024
FCAT collaborated with Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab to propose a new scalable pruning algorithm for large language and vision models.
11/26/2024
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Artificial Intelligence
By: Matt Ehlers | Nov 19, 2024
Generative AI models have been trained by an enormous amount of data scraped off the internet, but as new data becomes scarce, companies are increasingly experimenting with synthetic data.
11/21/2024
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Blockchain
By: Matt Allen and Jack Blatchford | Nov 1, 2024
In January 2023, Bitcoin developer Casey Rodamor combined two previous upgrades to Bitcoin Core’s protocol to launch Ordinals and Inscriptions. The project jumpstarted Bitcoin and Layer 2 development as projects previously deemed impossible on Bitcoin were reconsidered with newfound enthusiasm. This movement has been dubbed the “Bitcoin Renaissance”. This paper is the first in a three-part series providing an overview of what L2s are, how they function, and what sorts of applications they enable on Bitcoin.
11/01/2024
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