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Combining quantum and AI for the next superpower

Quantum computing can benefit from the advancements made in artificial intelligence (AI) holistically across the tech stack — AI may even unlock completely new ways of using quantum computers. Simultaneously, AI can benefit from quantum computing leveraging the expected future compute and memory power.

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The authors thank V. Galitski, Y. Haviv, D. MacDonald, A. Sukharevsky, R. Zemmel and M. Zesko for their contributions to this article.

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Gschwendtner, M., Soller, H. & Zingg, S. Combining quantum and AI for the next superpower. Nat Rev Electr Eng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44287-024-00051-8

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