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Boffin claims Microsoft's supposed quantum leap does not compute due to 'basic Python errors'

A peer-reviewed Nature article and researchers question Microsoft's claims regarding its Majorana 2 quantum chip. Critics allege the company used selective data and committed basic Python errors. Microsoft rejects these claims and maintains its physics are sound.

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New reports highlight a peer-reviewed critique in Nature alleging coding errors in Microsoft's quantum research.

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  1. Microsoft Quantum Chip Claims Challenged Over Coding Errors

    A peer-reviewed Nature article and researchers question Microsoft's claims regarding its Majorana 2 quantum chip. Critics allege the company used selective data and committed basic Python errors. Microsoft rejects these claims and maintains its physics are sound.

    What's confirmed:

    • A peer-reviewed article in Nature questions Microsoft's quantum chip claims.
    • Microsoft denies the criticism and states its work underwent independent verification via a DARPA benchmarking initiative.
    • The dispute involves the validity of Microsoft's topological qubits and Majorana breakthroughs.

    Still unconfirmed:

    • Microsoft claimed last year to have found the Majorana subatomic particle but has not published that specific discovery in a peer-reviewed journal.
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