Google and IBM Clash Over Milestone Quantum Computing Experiment

Math and Science News from Quanta Magazine View this email in your browser ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   Google and IBM Clash Over Milestone Quantum Computing Experiment By  KEVIN HARTNETT Today Google announced that it achieved "quantum supremacy." Its chief quantum computing rival, IBM, said it hasn't. The disagreement hinges on what the term really means. Read the blog Share Tweet Forward ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   Quantum Supremacy Is Coming: Here's What You Should Know By  KEVIN HARTNETT  Researchers are getting close to building a quantum computer that can perform tasks a classical computer can't. Read the blog QUANTIZED COLUMNS   Why I Called It 'Quantum Supremacy' By  JOHN PRESKILL  The quantum information theorist who coined the term "quantum supremacy" explains what Google has, and hasn't, accomplished. Read the column NEUROSCIENCE   Dueling Brain Waves Anchor or Erase Learning During Sleep By  ELENA RENKEN While we sleep, one kind of slow brain wave helps to reinforce memories, but a competing wave weakens them. Read the article Share Tweet Forward ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   In Brain's Electrical Ripples, Markers for Memories Appear By  JORDANA CEPELEWICZ Read the blog ABSTRACTIONS BLOG   Mathematicians Begin to Tame Wild 'Sunflower' Problem By  KEVIN HARTNETT A major advance toward solving the 60-year-old sunflower conjecture is shedding light on how order begins to appear as random systems grow in size. Read the blog Share Tweet Forward COMBINATORICS(2017)   A Puzzle of Clever Connections Nears a Happy End By  KEVIN HARTNETT Read the article NEUROSCIENCE   A Power Law Keeps the Brain's Perceptions Balanced By  JORDANA CEPELEWICZ Researchers have discovered a surprising mathematical relationship in the brain's representations of sensory information, with possible applications to AI research. Read the article Share Tweet Forward ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE   Where We See Shapes, AI Sees Textures By  JORDANA CEPELEWICZ Read the article Follow Quanta Simons Foundation 160 5th Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10010 Unsubscribe | About Quanta Privacy Policy | Terms | Contact Us   Copyright © 2019 Quanta Magazine, an editorially independent division of Simons Foundation