Quantum computing is about to get a lot more real

A surge of funding and federal action is giving the once-futuristic technology a more immediate role in everything from business to cybersecurity.

Just as AI has its dreams of “AGI” and “superintelligence,” quantum computing has its own north star: broad, practical quantum advantage over traditional supercomputers.

The quantum industry’s goal is to build a large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer powerful enough to solve hard, economically valuable problems in fields such as chemistry, materials science, and drug discovery. Recent progress suggests the technology may be moving closer to that point. The question is whether quantum computers can finally emerge from the lab and demonstrate........

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