News Summary

• Pushing against years of scepticism, an analysis suggests quantum computers may offer real advantages for running machine learning and similar algorithms in the near future.Quantum computers hold the promise of eventually being able to complete certain calculations that are impossible for conventional computers.
• For years, researchers have been debating whether these advantages over conventional computers extend to tasks that involve lots of data.
• Now, Hsin-Yuan Huang at the quantum computing firm Oratomic and his colleagues argue that the answer ought to be ‘yes’