GOOGLE QUANTUM EXEC SAYS TECH IS ‘5 YEARS OUT FROM A REAL BREAKOUT'

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Julian Kelly, Google Quantum AI's director of hardware, says that the technology is only five years away from running practical applications that can't be calculated on modern computers. The technology will be able to do cutting-edge physics and potentially generate new kinds of data. Google's most advanced quantum computer has 105 qubits - experts say 1 million or more qubits will be needed for useful applications. Quantum technology has been in the spotlight recently as Google announced a breakthrough in error correction and Microsoft revealed a new quantum computing chip.