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A chip from Google's Sycamore quantum computer

Quantum computers proved to have ‘quantum advantage’ on some tasks

9 June 2022

Not only do quantum computers have the edge over classical computers on some tasks, but they are also exponentially faster, according to a new mathematical proof
We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted

We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted

7 November 2017

Quantum computers will be useless if we can't trust their calculations. Now, two teams have programmed quantum systems to detect their own errors

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