{"id":2019336,"date":"2026-06-30T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2019336"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:00:00","slug":"what-is-a-quantum-computer-good-for-absolutely-nothing-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2019336","title":{"rendered":"What is a quantum computer good for? 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Absolutely nothing \u2014 yet<\/h1>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup cbn62fj cbn62fg _19wv7tcd _19wv7tc1 cbn62fe\">The Trump administration wants a useful quantum computer in two years. Microsoft wants one in three. 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Existing machines are simply too small and error-ridden to solve commercially relevant problems. That hasn\u2019t stopped Donald Trump\u2019s science adviser from promising a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mkratsios47\/status\/2069163462844961196\">quantum computer powerful enough for scientific discovery by 2028<\/a>\u201d and Trump from issuing a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/06\/ushering-in-the-next-frontier-of-quantum-innovation\/\">executive order<\/a> to speed up the US quantum computing industry in its competition with China, both on June 22nd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Companies drive the hype, too. In June, Microsoft announced a new quantum computing chip named Majorana 2. It <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2606.03884\">claimed the chip<\/a> was a hardware advancement that accelerates its <a href=\"https:\/\/quantum.microsoft.com\/en-us\/insights\/blogs\/majorana-2-scalable-quantum-processor\">timeline<\/a> to a \u201cscalable, practical quantum computer\u201d by 2029. But independent experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/microsofts-upgraded-majorana-quantum-computing-chip-fizzles-with-physicists\/\">swiftly criticized the announcement<\/a>. \u201cThis is complete codswallop,\u201d Henry Legg, a physicist from the University of St. Andrews and a longtime Microsoft critic, tells <em>The Verge<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac1 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--related _1044qizj xfenh40\">\n<h3 class=\"xfenh41\">Related<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"xfenh44\">\n<li class=\"xfenh47 xfenh46\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/633248\/beyond-the-hype-of-quantum-computers\" class=\"xfenh49\">Drama over quantum computing\u2019s future heats up<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"xfenh47 xfenh46\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/956450\/nature-microsoft-quantum-computing-majorana-1-claims\" class=\"xfenh49\">A new paper argues Microsoft exaggerated its quantum claims a year ago<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac1 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1h0hdr20\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Legg just <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41586-026-10567-8\">published a paper in <em>Nature<\/em> <\/a>on June 24th criticizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/633248\/beyond-the-hype-of-quantum-computers\">Microsoft\u2019s quantum claims from a year ago<\/a> \u2014 peer review takes a long time \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/956450\/nature-microsoft-quantum-computing-majorana-1-claims\">pointing to what he sees as major discrepancies<\/a> between Microsoft\u2019s papers and press releases. <em>Nature <\/em>included Microsoft\u2019s rebuttal. As the arguments continue to roil, the arc of quantum computing\u2019s progress can seem like a mess, alternating between hyped-up announcements from companies, subsequent smackdowns from academic researchers, more fights, and, now, overconfident goals set by heads of state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Researchers have made genuine progress in quantum computing \u2014 it\u2019s just been largely incremental and too esoteric to immediately capture the public\u2019s imagination. Oh, and it\u2019s all very expensive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac1 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<hr class=\"duet--article--divider _1044qizj thksxb0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _18mzr4b6 _18mzr4b5 _19wv7tc1\">Over the last decade, Google, IBM, Amazon, Microsoft, and a slew of national governments and smaller startups have poured billions into quantum computing development. Proponents predict that the technology will lead to discoveries in medicine, as well as advances in materials science and machine learning. Meanwhile, many national security experts frame its development as a new Cold War competition between the US and China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The promise of quantum computing is that it excels at a fundamentally different type of math than classical computers. Instead of using bits like a classical computer, a quantum computer\u2019s fundamental unit of information is the qubit. Qubits represent information as probabilities rather than ones and zeros. You can think of a qubit as a coin flipping through the air. Before the coin lands definitively as heads or tails, it is a probability of both states. Objects like molecules or processes like photosynthesis inherently involve probabilities, and thus are more \u201cnatural\u201d for quantum computers to simulate than classical computers. However, quantum computers are unlikely to be good at classical computing tasks like email or word processing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Companies make qubits from different materials. Several physicists <em>The Verge<\/em> spoke to said that the leading qubit types are neutral atoms, ions, and superconducting circuit qubits. Google and IBM both make qubits based on superconducting circuits. Honeywell-affiliated Quantinuum makes qubits out of individual barium ions, whereas Boston-area startup QuEra makes qubits out of individual rubidium atoms. Microsoft\u2019s Majorana particle qubit, which experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/article\/doubling-down-controversial-claims-microsoft-accelerates-quantum-computing-plans\">dispute<\/a> exists, is built using a thin wire attached to a superconductor. In pursuing these different approaches, the companies are throwing everything at the wall to develop quantum computing hardware that is both precise and easy to scale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac2 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-pullquote c39lj10\">\n<div class=\"c39lj11\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup c39lj12 _19wv7tc9\">\u201cThis whole Majorana technology, it\u2019s not a technology yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Proponents of the technology say that it could solve problems that today\u2019s supercomputers struggle with. Theoretical research indicates quantum computers should be able to simulate molecules far more easily than supercomputers. These simulations could help to develop new battery materials or medicines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Proponents of the technology say that it could solve problems that today\u2019s supercomputers struggle with. Theoretical research indicates quantum computers should be able to simulate molecules far more easily than supercomputers. These simulations could help to develop new battery materials or medicines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Some have imagined the quantum computer as a cyberattack tool. In 1994, computer scientist Peter Shor developed a quantum computing algorithm for factoring prime numbers that should be able to break RSA encryption, a ubiquitous family of algorithms used to secure banking and email communications. This promised cryptographic capability has motivated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22523067\/nist-challenge-quantum-safe-cryptography-computer-lattice\">experts to develop more secure protocols known as post-quantum cryptography<\/a>, still not in widespread use, that quantum computers should not be able to break. Their anticipation of quantum computing\u2019s decryption capability may have rendered this application obsolete. In addition, these cryptographers didn\u2019t actually need a quantum computer to develop a better cryptographic system, so it\u2019s a convoluted argument for quantum computers\u2019 utility. (On June 22nd, Trump issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2026\/06\/securing-the-nation-against-advanced-cryptographic-attacks\/\">another executive order<\/a> aimed to \u201cmigrate\u201d government computers to \u201cpost-quantum cryptography\u201d by 2030 or 2031.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Current quantum computers like Google\u2019s Willow are individual chips too primitive to break RSA encryption or implement drug molecule simulations. But the vision is to build scaled-up machines that can. These quantum computers would be specialized data centers of many chips networked together, or perhaps specialized chips within a supercomputer, which a user would log into via the cloud. A quantum computer will not be a consumer gadget that individuals own, nor will it replace classical computers. \u201cIt\u2019s a computer with a very specific purpose,\u201d says Dries Sels, a physicist at Boston University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">But development toward these goal applications has not been straightforward, and researchers are still noodling over what that purpose is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac1 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<hr class=\"duet--article--divider _1044qizj thksxb0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _18mzr4b6 _18mzr4b5 _19wv7tc1\">In June, IBM <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ibm.com\/2026-06-02-ibm-commits-more-than-10-billion-to-quantum-computing,-funding-its-roadmap-from-todays-leading-systems-to-the-worlds-first-fault-tolerant-quantum-computers\">announced<\/a> it plans to invest more than $10 billion into quantum computing over the next five years. IBM, like Microsoft, aims to build a larger-scale quantum computer by 2029. The company\u2019s investment dovetails with an infusion of public cash into the industry. In May, the Trump administration said it would provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nist.gov\/news-events\/news\/2026\/05\/department-commerce-announces-letters-intent-9-companies-2-billion\">$2 billion in funding<\/a> to nine quantum computing companies, of which IBM will receive $1 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Similar cycles have played out several times since the technology\u2019s beginnings. Companies announce a breakthrough; independent researchers cry hype, all while investors continue to inject money into the industry. In 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-019-1666-5\">Google announced<\/a> that its quantum computer had performed a task faster than the best supercomputer, a feat now known as quantum advantage. At the time, company spokespeople heralded the achievement as \u201cquantum supremacy,\u201d but today experts widely agree the demonstration, which involved generating random numbers, had no practical application. Regardless, quantum computing investment in 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/~\/media\/mckinsey\/featured%20insights\/the%20rise%20of%20quantum%20computing\/quantum%20technology%20monitor\/2020\/mckinsey-quantum-technology-monitor-202012.pdf\">accounted for a third<\/a> of all investments until that point, according to McKinsey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Last October, Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-09526-6\">claimed it had performed<\/a> another demonstration of quantum advantage. In the demonstration, Google researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/innovation-and-ai\/technology\/research\/quantum-echoes-willow-verifiable-quantum-advantage\/\">simulated molecules<\/a> of 15 and 28 atoms to study their magnetic behavior in a specific scenario. A press release stated that the demonstration showed that \u201ca quantum computer can successfully run a verifiable algorithm on hardware, surpassing even the fastest classical supercomputers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac2 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-pullquote c39lj10\">\n<div class=\"c39lj11\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup c39lj12 _19wv7tc9\">\u201cWe 100 percent stand behind our results. We stand by our roadmap.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">While the demonstration showed Google\u2019s \u201chigh precision\u201d in controlling its machine, it was a contrived experiment designed specifically to show quantum advantage rather than anything useful, says Sels. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t simulate anything interesting,\u201d he says. \u201cIt would be more interesting if they simulated something that classical methods have been trying for years and cannot do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Sels also disputes that Google bested all classical computers. While no one he knows has used a supercomputer to refute Google\u2019s claim, he thinks it\u2019s feasible, as he\u2019s debunked quantum advantage claims before. But he also thinks it\u2019s a waste of time. \u201cSome of these problems, they\u2019re so contrived that we really don\u2019t want to try them,\u201d says Sels. Previously, he has felt obligated to do this debunking as a check on industry hype, but the work isn\u2019t scientifically interesting to him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cI don\u2019t know if anyone will ever really invest effort into trying to classically simulate Google\u2019s experiment,\u201d says Sels. \u201cI think I won\u2019t unless someone gives me billions of dollars for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Google still thinks the study was significant. \u201cGoogle\u2019s 2025 result in Nature was the first demonstration of verifiable quantum advantage on hardware. It was not claimed as an immediate practical application, but is relevant for NMR and an indicator of rapid progress towards useful quantum computing,\u201d wrote Google spokesperson Jason Freidenfelds in response to Sels\u2019 criticisms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The drama can overshadow the real progress in quantum computing. So far, a main technological challenge has been flawed qubits. They cannot execute computing operations perfectly, and the errors compound as algorithms grow longer. This has been the main snag of quantum computing: Any application of interest will require a long algorithm, but the longer the algorithm, the more error-ridden the quantum computer becomes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Researchers have improved the qubits themselves, so they hold onto information longer. When they hold onto information longer, you can fit in more operations and do more complicated algorithms. Last November, Andrew Houck of Princeton University and his colleagues reported that they\u2019d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-09687-4\">made a superconducting qubit<\/a> that can hold onto information three times longer than the previous record holder. The key to their improvement was to make the layered substrate that the qubits sit on out of purer materials than previous chips, with careful attention to the temperature and deposition of the layers that make the chip. \u201cIt\u2019s all very subtle tweaks,\u201d says Houck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">And in the last two years, researchers have made substantial strides in what\u2019s known as quantum error correction. \u201cThe advances in error correction we\u2019ve been seeing over the past couple years are the most exciting thing going on in the field,\u201d says Sels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">In addition, researchers have developed algorithms to correct errors while the quantum computer operates. The technique involves encoding a single unit of information in multiple qubits, rather than a single qubit, as they did in the past. They refer to the error-corrected collection as a \u201clogical qubit\u201d and its individual constituents as \u201cphysical qubits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Companies are racing to make logical qubits out of as few physical qubits as possible. In 2024, Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-024-08449-y\">made a logical qubit<\/a> out of 105 physical qubits. In 2025, IBM and Amazon showed they <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2506.03094\">needed 12<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-08642-7\">nine physical qubits<\/a> to create a logical qubit, respectively. At the end of that year, Quantinuum showed it needed <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2511.05465\">two physical qubits<\/a> per logical qubit. Fewer physical qubits per logical qubit makes it easier to scale up a quantum computer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">And error correction is central to Microsoft\u2019s controversial announcement. Microsoft claimed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-026-10567-8\">which experts dispute<\/a>, that it made an object made of electrons known as a Majorana particle, predicted to exist in a tiny wire made of the semiconductor indium arsenide stuck to a superconductor. Theory predicts that under specific experimental conditions, the electrons in this wire, thinner than a human hair, would perform a collective \u201cdance\u201d in which they start to behave in a strange unit known as a Majorana particle. In particular, researchers hypothesized that the Majorana particle should make fewer errors than other physical qubits, and thus, would be easier to scale up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Legg says Microsoft has not successfully created a Majorana particle, the basic building block of its machine\u2019s design. Microsoft\u2019s approach has \u201cfundamental issues,\u201d he says, which were <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2503.08944\">already a problem<\/a> in the chip\u2019s predecessor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-024-08445-2\">the Majorana 1<\/a>, released last year. \u201cYou know the phrase, \u2018years, not decades\u2019?\u201d says Legg. \u201cI think it\u2019s more like centuries, not decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cWe 100 percent stand behind our results. We stand by our roadmap,\u201d Microsoft\u2019s quantum lead, Chetan Nayak, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/956450\/nature-microsoft-quantum-computing-majorana-1-claims\">responded in an interview<\/a> with <em>The Verge<\/em>. In an email statement, he added that Microsoft\u2019s \u201cpapers do show that we are creating and controlling Majorana [particles]. He also wrote that Legg has not \u201cproposed an alternative model that fits all of our data.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Microsoft\u2019s supporting evidence is unconvincing, according to Legg. What it claimed as evidence of a Majorana particle, he says, could actually be due to quantum dots forming in its device. Quantum dots are electron-containing objects that are not useful for Microsoft\u2019s quantum computer. It also bases its claim on data from a single device, says Legg. He wants to see Microsoft replicate the results in multiple chips. \u201cIf you repeatedly try and find Jesus in your toast, eventually you\u2019ll find Jesus in your toast,\u201d he says. \u201cBut that one piece of toast doesn\u2019t mean you had some kind of epiphany.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cWhile we appreciate the religious fervor, our data maintains the strength and consistency of our roadmap, as we have for the past several years across previous milestones. We look forward to delivering the world\u2019s first quantum machine and sharing the energy of our achievements with the world,\u201d wrote Nayak in response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac1 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<hr class=\"duet--article--divider _1044qizj thksxb0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _18mzr4b6 _18mzr4b5 _19wv7tc1\">Past spurious work from Microsoft-affiliated researchers adds to the doubt. In 2021, the journal <em>Nature<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nature26142\">retracted an article<\/a> from Microsoft-affiliated researchers in which they\u2019d claimed strong experimental evidence that they\u2019d created a Majorana particle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cThis whole Majorana technology, it\u2019s not a technology yet,\u201d says Rajibul Islam of the University of Waterloo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cWe are computing with these systems, and look forward to delivering a quantum computer that utilizes them to full advantage in the future,\u201d wrote Nayak in response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">For the qubit types that experts can agree exist, companies are now promising bigger machines. By 2029, IBM plans to build a data center-sized quantum computer with 200 logical, or error-corrected, qubits. Quantinuum has set a similar goal, a machine with hundreds of logical qubits, for 2030.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--block-placement _1xorkac2 _1xorkac0 duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-pullquote c39lj10\">\n<div class=\"c39lj11\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup c39lj12 _19wv7tc9\">\u201cThere\u2019s no evidence of the scalability of any platform to the level that you would need to do useful quantum computations within a decade, or probably a couple of decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">While certainly larger, it\u2019s unclear whether these machines will be able to do anything useful. \u201cI\u2019ve been saying, half-jokingly, that if someone gives me an [error-corrected] computer right now with a few hundred qubits, it\u2019s not clear to me what we will do with it,\u201d says Sels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Even hopeful experts have varying opinions about when a quantum computer will demonstrate something useful. Eleanor Crane of King\u2019s College London recently was awarded time on Google\u2019s quantum computer to simulate a simple model of photons interacting with electrons, which occurs in both solar cells and photosynthesis. \u201cIf we were to understand this process, not only would we understand what\u2019s happening in nature, but we would also understand how to build better solar cells,\u201d says Crane.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">She thinks that researchers will have demonstrated a useful scientific simulation on a quantum computer by 2028. Houck thinks it\u2019s likely to happen before 2035. Crane thinks a quantum computer could break RSA encryption by 2030, while Islam thinks it will be at least a decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Legg is more skeptical and thinks some have underestimated the fundamental challenges of scaling. \u201cThere\u2019s no evidence of the scalability of any platform to the level that you would need to do useful quantum computations within a decade, or probably a couple of decades,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _18mzr4ba _19wv7tc1\">While researchers have made progress toward building a useful quantum computer, it\u2019s not clear what that use should be. \u201cIt\u2019s such a nascent technology,\u201d says 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ago<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class>\n<div class=\"duet--content-cards--content-card up4voo0 _7uluu53\">\n<div class=\"up4voo7 up4voop up4vooa _1cnxcye3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Something\u2019s off with Midjourney\u2019s pivot to body scanners\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/ultrasound_phantom_segmentation-b254a71d083eb5c9.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C55.222437137331%2C100&amp;w=2400\"><\/div>\n<div class>\n<div class=\"up4voo6\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_19wv7tc9 _1d4s5vd7 _1d4s5vd0\"><a class=\"_7uluu50 _7uluu54 _7uluu55\" 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src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/rocketlab-launch.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&amp;w=2400\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rocket Lab is buying Iridium\u2019s satellite network for $8 billion to take on SpaceX\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1ismqjg i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/rocketlab-launch.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2400\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1ismqji\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_19wv7tc9 _1d4s5vd3 _1d4s5vd0\"><a class=\"_7uluu50 _7uluu54\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/958891\/rocket-lab-iridium-acquisition-satellite-communications\">Rocket Lab is buying Iridium\u2019s satellite network for $8 billion to take on SpaceX<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jelpepd jelpep0\"><span><span class=\"_1g89o322 _19wv7tc5\"><span><span>Emma Roth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"duet--article--timestamp g4xafw2 g4xafw0 _19wv7tc5 _1044qizs\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-29T13:51:24+00:00\">Jun 29<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--content-cards--content-card _1ismqj1 _1ismqj0 _7uluu53 _1ismqj5\">\n<div class=\"_1ismqj7 _1ismqj6 _1ismqjc _1ismqjh _1cnxcye3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The war against \u2018woke\u2019 could end US science as we know it\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1ismqjf i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268606_Science_too_woke__CVirginia27.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&amp;w=2400\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The war against \u2018woke\u2019 could end US science as we know it\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1ismqjg i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268606_Science_too_woke__CVirginia27.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2400\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1ismqji\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_19wv7tc9 _1d4s5vd3 _1d4s5vd0\"><a class=\"_7uluu50 _7uluu54\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/957630\/omb-killing-science-budget-grants-research\">The war against \u2018woke\u2019 could end US science as we know it<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jelpepd jelpep0\"><span><span class=\"_1g89o322 _19wv7tc5\"><span><span>Bethany Brookshire<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"duet--article--timestamp g4xafw2 g4xafw0 _19wv7tc5 _1044qizs\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-29T11:00:00+00:00\">Jun 29<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--content-cards--content-card _1ismqj1 _1ismqj0 _7uluu53 _1ismqj5\">\n<div class=\"_1ismqj7 _1ismqj6 _1ismqjc _1ismqjh _1cnxcye3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"China claims the world\u2019s fastest supercomputer\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1ismqjf i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/gettyimages-2283018388.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&amp;w=2400\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"China claims the world\u2019s fastest supercomputer\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1ismqjg i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/gettyimages-2283018388.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&amp;w=2400\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1ismqji\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_19wv7tc9 _1d4s5vd3 _1d4s5vd0\"><a class=\"_7uluu50 _7uluu54\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/958768\/china-claims-the-worlds-fastest-supercomputer\">China claims the world\u2019s fastest supercomputer<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jelpepd jelpep0\"><span><span class=\"_1g89o322 _19wv7tc5\"><span><span>Terrence O&#8217;Brien<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"duet--article--timestamp g4xafw2 g4xafw0 _19wv7tc5 _1044qizs\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-28T17:20:59+00:00\">Jun 28<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--content-cards--content-card _1ismqj1 _1ismqj0 _7uluu53 _1ismqj5\">\n<div class=\"_1ismqj7 _1ismqj6 _1ismqjc _1ismqjh _1cnxcye3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sometimes, health tracking accuracy is overrated\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1ismqjf i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268601_withings_bodyfit_AKrales_0166.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&amp;w=2400\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sometimes, health tracking accuracy is overrated\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1ismqjg i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/268601_withings_bodyfit_AKrales_0166.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&amp;w=2400\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1ismqji\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_19wv7tc9 _1d4s5vd3 _1d4s5vd0\"><a class=\"_7uluu50 _7uluu54\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/column\/957703\/optimizer-withings-dexa-body-composition-health-fitness\">Sometimes, health tracking accuracy is overrated<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jelpepd jelpep0\"><span><span class=\"_1g89o322 _19wv7tc5\"><span><span>Victoria Song<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"duet--article--timestamp g4xafw2 g4xafw0 _19wv7tc5 _1044qizs\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-26T15:00:00+00:00\">Jun 26<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--content-cards--content-card _1ismqj1 _1ismqj0 _7uluu53 _1ismqj5\">\n<div class=\"_1ismqj7 _1ismqj6 _1ismqjc _1ismqjh _1cnxcye3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A new paper argues Microsoft exaggerated its quantum claims a year ago\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1ismqjf i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Majorana-1-005-4000px.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&amp;w=2400\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A new paper argues Microsoft exaggerated its quantum claims a year ago\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1ismqjg i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Majorana-1-005-4000px.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&amp;w=2400\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1ismqji\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"_19wv7tc9 _1d4s5vd3 _1d4s5vd0\"><a class=\"_7uluu50 _7uluu54\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/956450\/nature-microsoft-quantum-computing-majorana-1-claims\">A new paper argues Microsoft exaggerated its quantum claims a year ago<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jelpepd jelpep0\"><span><span class=\"_1g89o322 _19wv7tc5\"><span><span>Sophia Chen<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"duet--article--timestamp g4xafw2 g4xafw0 _19wv7tc5 _1044qizs\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-24T20:54:57+00:00\">Jun 24<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--content-cards--content-card _1ismqj1 _1ismqj0 _7uluu53 _1ismqjk _1ismqjl _1ismqj5\">\n<div class=\"_1ismqj7 _1ismqj6 _1ismqjc _1ismqjh _1cnxcye3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Something\u2019s off with Midjourney\u2019s pivot to body scanners\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1ismqjf i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/ultrasound_phantom_segmentation-b254a71d083eb5c9.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=23.192520954223%2C0%2C36.814958091554%2C100&amp;w=2400\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Something\u2019s off with Midjourney\u2019s pivot to body scanners\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1ismqjg i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;filter: url(%23b);)\" 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