The alleged dangers of AI have been shoved down people’s throats for years, led by doomerism about it eliminating human jobs or wiping out mankind itself. Yet, there are far fewer discussions about how scientists are on the cusp of a breakthrough more powerful and much more worrying: Quantum computing.

In a laboratory in Broomfield, Colorado, 98 atoms are suspended in midair, held in place by electric fields and cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero.

A new Nature critique questions Microsoft’s quantum computing research, raising doubts about a key study behind its goal of building a working quantum computer by 2029.

The company has been touting its quantum technology for years, but some experts say these claims just don’t pass muster

It’s hard to know what to make of quantum computers. On the one hand, it may very well be like where AI was five or seven years ago. And, if that’s the case, perhaps the quantum plays, many of which have fallen out of favor in recent quarters,

By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, June 24 (Reuters) - A new critique in the scientific journal Nature is raising fresh questions about Microsoft's claimed quantum computing breakthrough last year, which underpinned the company's announcement this month that it will have a working quantum system by 2029.

The White House has issued an executive order aiming to unify and accelerate U.S. development of quantum technologies, including space systems that could enable next-generation navigation, sensing and secure communications.

A new federal initiative to build a quantum supercomputer could transform everything from encryption to drug discovery, creating the next wave of winners and losers.