Researchers Achieve Quantum Computing Milestone, Realizing Certified Randomness

March 26, 2025 • by Staff Writer

A team including Scott Aaronson demonstrated what may be the first practical application of quantum computers to a real world problem.

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Using a 56-qubit quantum computer, researchers have for the first time experimentally demonstrated a way of generating random numbers from a quantum computer and then using a classical supercomputer to prove they are truly random and freshly generated. Image credit: Quantinuum.


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