Why AI could eat quantum computing’s lunch:
Rapid advances in applying artificial intelligence to simulations in physics and chemistry have some people ...
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What Is Quantum AI? Everything to Know About This Far-Out Twist: As if AI itself weren't futuristic enough, now there's a whole new leap forward on the horizon.
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Key FactsPsiQuantum plans large photon-based quantum computer
Jul 14, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: technologyreview.com
- The proposed machine does not yet exist and would route photons through optical switches and beam splitters.
- PsiQuantum raised $1 billion in 2025 and connected three cabinets with 250 chips each at its Milpitas facility.
- The company expects its Australian facility to be operational by the end of 2027, but does not thereby promise that a large computer will be complete.
- PsiQuantum has been assessed by the US research agency DARPA since 2023 and entered the program’s third stage in 2025.
Whenever we have more power to calculate and simulate and understand things, we build incredible machines that come from it.— Terry Rudolph, cofounder of PsiQuantum, in an interview about the implications of increased calculation and simulation power for quantum computing.
Spain unveils €9.8 million quantum supercomputer
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Quantum computing is coming to a data center near you: Quantum computers can solve problems that that classical machines can't. Companies like Nvidia and ...
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Can quantum computers now solve health care problems? We’ll soon find out.: After 30 months of fast-paced innovation in quantum algorithms, six research groups ...
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Quantum Chemistry: AI and Quantum Transform Research: How can quantum computing and AI reshape our understanding of materials science?
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Quantum's big leap puts data centers in the spotlight : Quantum is advancing rapidly, sparking discussions about how the powerful computers will integrate with ...
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Particle permutation task can be tackled by quantum but not classical computers, study finds
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Google Willow: The secrets of the world's most powerful quantum computer: Faisal Islam gets rare access to Willow - Google's quantum computer.
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Quantum Computing Could Bring Bitcoin Chaos. Rush Is On To Stop Crypto-geddon.: Quantum computing could unlock the cryptography that secures bitcoin and other ...
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Key FactsQuantum Computers: Promise Despite Fragile Qubits
Dec 12, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: nist.gov
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: nist.gov
- Quantum computers use qubits that can exist in superpositions and become entangled with one another, rather than classical bits.
- The most advanced quantum computers currently have hundreds of interconnected qubits and make an error roughly once in every thousand operations.
- Scientists hope for applications in molecular and materials simulations, complex optimization problems and analysis of encrypted data, but most remain years or decades away.
- The article says a quantum computer running Shor’s code-breaking algorithm might require millions of qubits operating error-free indefinitely, while today’s systems mainly serve research and testing purposes.
"It seems to me we're just on the threshold of quantum systems doing genuinely new simulations that we can't do classically," says Glancy. "It might inspire a revolution in physics. In my opinion that is a good reason to build a quantum computer."— Scott Glancy, a physicist at NIST, quoted in the NIST article Quantum Computing Explained
Start-up hails world's first quantum computer made from everyday silicon — fits in three 19-inch server racks and is touted as 'quantum ...
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Key FactsOlivier Ezratty urges EU focus on quantum software
Aug 13, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: euractiv.com
- Quantum engineer Olivier Ezratty urges greater software focus, arguing that the European Commission’s strategy overemphasises hardware.
- European companies develop quantum hardware and offer cloud access, yet Ezratty says software development remains insufficient.
- McKinsey reported that 51% of EU quantum investment came from public funds in 2024, versus 2% in the US and 10% in the UK.
- Between 2001 and 2023, the UK attracted 1.36 times more private quantum funding than the EU as a whole.
If Europe overlooks the strategic importance of quantum software development, it risks falling behind in the global race.— Olivier Ezratty, quantum engineer and researcher, said this, noting that the European Commission’s current quantum strategy focuses too heavily on hardware.
Denmark aims to host world’s most powerful quantum computer: The Novo Nordisk Foundation and Denmark's state-owned credit fund said on Thursday they will invest ...
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Key FactsQpiAI plans 64-qubit machine for 2026–27
Jul 18, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: financialexpress.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: financialexpress.com
- Founded in 2019 by Dr. Nagendra Nagaraja, QpiAI combines artificial intelligence with quantum computing for enterprise applications, including materials science and drug discovery.
- In April 2025, QpiAI unveiled QpiAI-Indus as India’s first full-stack quantum computing system, using 25 superconducting qubits.
- The company aims to deliver a 64-qubit machine, codenamed “Kaveri,” by late 2026 or early 2027, with client access proposed soon afterward, and cites 1,000 qubits by 2030 as a long-term target.
- According to the report, the funding round was supported by Avataar Ventures and the National Quantum Mission, whose programme launched with a $750 million budget.
When we get to about 50 logical qubits, that's when we start hitting true quantum advantage.— Jason Zander, Microsoft's executive vice president, discussing the significance of achieving 50 logical qubits in quantum computing.
A new problem that only quantum computing can solve: As quantum computing develops, scientists are working to identify tasks for which quantum computers have a ...
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OpinionMicrosoft’s and Google’s Quantum Computing Claims Add to Consumer Confusion: Schrödinger’s cat is scratching its head over the “topological” qubit that is ...
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Key FactsQuantum Computing: Big Claims, Unclear Evidence
Jun 3, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: scientificamerican.com
- Microsoft announced a topological quantum computer in February 2025, but a Nature peer-review note said the study had not definitively demonstrated Majorana zero modes.
- Google unveiled its 105-qubit Willow chip in December 2024, after which Mark Zuckerberg voiced doubts and quantum-computing stocks fell.
- Amazon announced the nine-qubit Ocelot chip at the end of February 2025, using a superconducting resonator and photon-controlled, error-tolerant cat qubits.
- No clear winner has emerged among the competing technical approaches, and scaling them to about one million qubits remains uncertain.
The Majorana 1 processor offers a clear path to fit a million qubits on a single chip that can fit in the palm of one’s hand.— Microsoft (from a press release about the Majorana-1 processor)
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