Google2026-10-16 00:18:26Google reports quantum computing advance with Willow chip, says errors fell about 40xGoogle said on Oct. 16 that it had made a breakthrough in quantum computing, claiming its Willow chip overcame a key resource bottleneck. The company said a technique called "magic state cultivation" is now running on Willow, cutting errors by about 40 times and reaching a record-level accuracy of 99.99%. The research was published in Science, according to Google. At the same time, the company said the method still needs to be validated at scale. The announcement may draw added attention from the crypto industry because advances in quantum computing are often discussed in the context of long-term cryptographic security, though the company’s statement focused on the technical result and its current limits.10
Google DeepMi2026-10-12 09:40:07Google DeepMind’s AlphaProof Nexus solves dozens of open math problemsGoogle DeepMind’s AlphaProof Nexus has solved dozens of open mathematical problems, including nine Erdős problems, according to Techub News. Two of those problems had remained unsolved for 56 years. The research has been published in Science. The report, citing The Decoder, also drew a contrast with OpenAI’s earlier release of AI-generated mathematical proofs on GitHub. That release faced backlash because it was made public before peer review. DeepMind, by comparison, reviewed the AlphaProof Nexus results before publication. The update centers on the research outcome and the publication process rather than any commercial rollout. Based on the information provided, the key points are the number of problems solved, the inclusion of long-standing Erdős problems, the 56-year duration attached to two of them, and the fact that the work appeared in a peer-reviewed journal.190
