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Sci & Tech● Low47m ago · Nov 12, 2026, 8:00 PM

AI confirms a long-suspected limit on quantum computers’ advantages

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AI-powered proof has rigorously proved that using quantum computers would not have huge advantages for a whole class of mathematical problems, confirming a vastly influential conjecture.

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