01 | Dead and Alive: Battle for quantum supremacy

Google announces it has achieved something game changing — quantum supremacy. But not everybody agrees. The company claims its quantum computer called Sycamore has solved a problem that no classical computer could manage in hundreds of thousands of years.  IBM wants this stricken from history. A war of words breaks out as two tech giants race to build a useful quantum computer that could change how the world works. Got feedback? Email us [email protected] Guests: Scott YoungCropping and livestock farmer in Ballan, Victoria Gideon LichfieldJournalist, former editor-in-chief of WIRED and MIT Technology Review Professor John Martinis2025 Nobel laureate in Physics Credits: Presenter: Jacinta Bowler Producer: Fiona Pepper Senior Producer: Shelby Traynor Executive Producer: Petria Ladgrove Sound Engineer: Tim Jenkins Archives Research: Lisa Chidlow, Michael Osmond This story was made on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Gadigal and Menang Noongar peoples. More information Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processorOn “quantum supremacy” - IBM