According to @godofprompt, Google has set a new milestone in quantum computing by unveiling its Willow quantum chip and running the Quantum Echoes algorithm to compute molecular structures at speeds 13,000 times faster than the world’s top supercomputers. The significant breakthrough, published in Nature, is not just the speedup but the fact that, for the first time in history, a quantum computer has solved a verifiable problem—one that can be rerun for the same, confirmable results, something previous quantum experiments could not achieve (source: @godofprompt, Nature). This breakthrough transitions quantum computing from theoretical promise to practical R&D tool. Google’s approach, validated with real molecular data, opens immediate business opportunities in drug discovery (reducing workflows from years to months), advanced battery design (accurately modeling lithium-ion interactions), fusion energy research (precise plasma modeling), and materials science (direct quantum modeling of new compounds). The repeatable and verifiable quantum advantage establishes a new global benchmark for computational chemistry and signals a major leap for AI-driven scientific innovation.