Quantum Computing

Quantum computing uses quantum-mechanical effects to perform certain calculations far faster than classical computers, with implications for AI training, drug discovery, and cryptography. This hub tracks hardware breakthroughs, the leading companies and research labs, and how quantum computing could reshape AI and computing more broadly.

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Close-up of Google's Sycamore quantum computing chip mounted in its cryogenic housing.

What Is Quantum Computing — and How Could It Change AI?

15 August 2026

A plain-language explainer on how quantum computing actually works, why it's so hard to build, and how it's already crossing paths with AI today.

A padlock set against a gray crystalline lattice background, symbolizing lattice-based post-quantum encryption

What Is Post-Quantum Cryptography — and Why Does It Matter Now?

1 August 2026

Quantum computers could someday break the encryption protecting today's data. Post-quantum cryptography is the industry's answer — how it works and why the shift is already underway.