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Boffin claims Microsoft's "quantum leap" is invalid due to "basic Python errors"
Key takeaways
- Nature paper argues researchers cherry-picked data.
- Prestigious journal Nature has published a peer-reviewed critique of Microsoft's claims to have made quantum computing breakthroughs – and the scientist who wrote the paper has essentially said Redmond got it wrong.
- The software giant's approach to quantum computing involves Majorana particles, subatomic particles that scientists have not observed directly.
Nature paper argues researchers cherry-picked data. Redmond insists its work is sound
Prestigious journal Nature has published a peer-reviewed critique of Microsoft's claims to have made quantum computing breakthroughs – and the scientist who wrote the paper has essentially said Redmond got it wrong.
Microsoft made its claims of a quantum breakthrough in February 2025 when it revealed tech called Majorana and predicted "this breakthrough will allow us to create a truly meaningful quantum computer not in decades, as some have predicted, but in years."
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