Quantum Computing
Quantum Computing news — Saturday 17 October 2026
13 stories from 2 sources, every one in English. Each links to its publisher.
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Podcast with Johannes Pollanen, Co-founder of EeroQ and a Professor of Physics at Michigan State University
Quantum Computing Report
Johannes Pollanen, co-founder of EeroQ and a professor of physics at Michigan State University, explains how EeroQ builds qubits from single electrons floating on a film of superfluid helium, and why he thinks the semiconductor chip is the…
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Review Evaluates AI and Quantum Computing Paradigms for Adaptive Combinatorial Optimization
Quantum Computing Report
A new review paper by Hoong Chuin Lau examines the intersection of AI and quantum computing for combinatorial optimization, categorizing research into three paradigms: AI-for-Quantum Optimization (AI-for-QO), Quantum-for-AI (Q-for-AI), and…
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RIKEN Demonstrates High-Fidelity Simultaneous Control of Silicon Spin Qubits Above 99.9% Threshold
Quantum Computing Report
Researchers at RIKEN and collaborators have achieved high-fidelity simultaneous control of five silicon spin qubits, maintaining over 99.9% accuracy. They overcame crosstalk caused by AC-Stark shifts through a new calibration protocol…
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Harvard, Anthropic, and QuEra Use LLMs to Discover Quantum Circuits with Up to 9,100x Lower Resource Costs
Quantum Computing Report
Researchers from Harvard, Anthropic, and QuEra Computing developed an AI framework that uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to discover and optimize fault-tolerant quantum circuits. This framework significantly reduces the resource costs of…
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MIT Physicists Use First-Principles AI to Resolve Non-Abelian Anyon Order at Strong Landau Level Mixing
Quantum Computing Report
MIT researchers used a specialized self-attention neural network to solve complex equations related to quantum particles, confirming the existence of anti-Pfaffian topological states. This breakthrough provides a roadmap for building…
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D-Wave Demonstrates 3D Analog-Digital Quantum Simulation of Higher-Order Topological Insulators Using 728 Qubits
Quantum Computing Report
D-Wave has successfully demonstrated 3D analog-digital quantum simulation of higher-order topological insulators using up to 728 qubits on an Advantage2 superconducting quantum annealing processor. This achievement, detailed in a research…
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Open Quantum Launches Native Qrisp Integration for High-Level QPU Execution Across IonQ, Rigetti, IQM, and AQT Hardware
Quantum Computing Report
Open Quantum has launched a native Qrisp integration, enabling high-level QPU execution across IonQ, Rigetti, IQM, and AQT hardware. This allows developers to compile and execute Qrisp programs directly on physical QPUs without writing…
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Chalmers Next Labs, ConScience, and NQFF Validate Superconducting Qubit Chip Stability Across International Testbeds
Quantum Computing Report
A joint study by Chalmers Next Labs AB, ConScience AB, and Singapore’s National Quantum Federated Foundry (NQFF) validated the stability of a superconducting quantum processor (QiB1) when transported between international research…
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Anthropic’s Claude Designs Leaner Quantum Circuits, Reducing Resources Needed for Key Calculations
The Quantum Insider
Insider Brief Anthropic and Harvard researchers used Claude to design more efficient quantum circuits across eight tasks, reducing estimated computing resources for key routines used in quantum algorithms. One redesigned decoding circuit…
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MIT Bengaluru Inaugurates Q-HUB@MAHE and Deploys QuantrolOx’s Open-Architecture VIDYAQAR Quantum System
Quantum Computing Report
Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT Bengaluru) has inaugurated the Manipal House of Quantum (Q-HUB@MAHE) in Bengaluru, India, on October 13, 2026. This facility features QuantrolOx’s VIDYAQAR open-architecture quantum system, a…
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Robert Wille (Munich Quantum Software Company): Quantum software needs design automation, not just algorithms
The Quantum Insider
Yuval interviews Robert Wille, a computer scientist and co-founder focused on quantum computing software. They discuss the field’s transition from research to practical deployment, the need for heterogeneous and hardware-agnostic software…
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Kipu Quantum Demonstrates Neutral-Atom Quantum Feature Extraction for Molecular Toxicity Classification on QuEra Hardware
Quantum Computing Report
Kipu Quantum demonstrated a novel method for molecular toxicity classification using analog quantum feature extraction on QuEra's 256-qubit Aquila neutral-atom quantum processor. This approach, detailed in their technical report, utilizes…
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Guest Post: AI Infrastructure Investment and the Future of Quantum Computing
The Quantum Insider
Guest Post By George Varghese, Head of Investment, 0G Labs We’re witnessing one of the largest infrastructure investment cycles in modern technology, and I believe we’re still early in understanding its economic potential. AI has already…