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.

According to Sundar Pichai, a new quantum algorithm named Quantum Echoes, published in Nature, has demonstrated the first-ever verifiable quantum advantage using the Willow chip. The chip executed the algorithm 13,000 times faster than the best classical algorithm on one of the world’s fastest supercomputers. This breakthrough enables precise explanation of atomic interactions in molecules using nuclear magnetic resonance, opening significant business opportunities in AI-driven drug discovery and advanced materials science. The results are verifiable, which means outcomes can be independently confirmed, setting a new standard for real-world quantum computing applications and accelerating the integration of quantum computing into commercial AI workflows (source: @sundarpichai, Nature).