According to Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai), Michel Devoret, John Martinis, and John Clarke have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering quantum mechanics research, which has directly enabled advances in error-corrected quantum computing. Devoret, serving as chief scientist of hardware at Google's Quantum AI lab, and Martinis, who previously led the hardware team, have both played central roles in the lab's recent progress. Their foundational work from the 1980s is credited with making scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computers a practical business opportunity for AI companies. These developments are accelerating the timeline for deploying quantum-enhanced AI algorithms, which could revolutionize fields such as cryptography, material discovery, and machine learning at scale (source: @sundarpichai, Oct 7, 2025).