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The cessation of leap seconds represents a critical infrastructure shift for AI and quantum systems, which rely on precise, uninterrupted timestamps for synchronization and data integrity. By eliminating the disruptive clock jumps associated with leap seconds, this change mitigates risks similar to the Y2K bug that could otherwise cause failures in automated control loops and distributed computing clusters.
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