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Classiq Technologies offered up a chess analogy for quantum computing, inspiring The Quantum Dragon to beat grandmaster Magnus Carlsen in a tournament. After all, hello, he’s quantum. Not taking any chances as a fire breather, however, he destructively interfered a few times with the ambient room temperature.

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• Put Your Brand in Front of the Industry’s Decision-Makers
• IQT Sunday Edition

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• SDT’s Rebuttal
• China’s Unitary Quantum just made the list!
• NanduX
• Zhongqi Wuliang’s (众擎无量) Qinghe No. 1 (清河一号)

This week’s The Classical Human:

• Quantum Readiness in Banking Starts With Knowing Where the Risk Really Lives by Jodi Neiding, Vice President, Global Banking Hardware Solutions at Diebold Nixdorf

In this edition:

• The Quantum Advantage Bind
• Peek-a-boo! I see you!
• QpiAI: India’s “First Quantum Computer”
• Quantum Reservoir Computing (QRC)
• Pay Per Photon
• NSFW: I was working on my quantum physics homework…
• Why is Erwin Schrödinger bathing Peter Shor?
• Reproducibility in Quantum Computing Research
• Infleqtion likes their wings hot and their atoms cold.
• PQC is already vulnerable.
• They’re all actively hiring in Quantum Error Correction.
• Lost in the Quantum Cat-astrophe
• Jersey Mike’s S-1 filing mentions quantum risk.
• Alice & Bob will keep the karaoke videos off LinkedIn.
• Quantum Noise Detector

The Quantum Advantage Bind

Prof. Amit Hagar would’ve made the cut anyway with his footrace analogy, but zoomorphizing quantum computing modalities as animals earns him some admittedly worthless bonus points. I wish he would expand on the assignments, since I don’t agree with all of them, but I nevertheless applaud the initiative.

Peek-a-boo! I see you!

Dr. Gilad Zlotkin of Anyon Systems gives us a peek inside Quantum Machines’ Israeli Quantum Computing Center (IQCC). This link may require a LinkedIn account.

QpiAI: India’s “First Quantum Computer”

I track deployments, not all quantum computer builds, but memory is questioning the “first quantum computer” claim. A quick search is backing me up. I’m also wondering how one 64-qubit system would make any country “top 5 in the world.” Nevertheless, here’s a 1:04 clip of India’s Nth system. This link may require an X account.

Quantum Reservoir Computing (QRC)

This is something that I’ve wanted to look into for a while, and I am, as I type, moving it to the top of my queue. My point at this moment, however, is that if you have no idea what QRC is, you can find a high-level overview of this and many other topics in Yuval Boger’s “Quantum Bits.”

Pay Per Photon

TOPTICA Photonics got jokes. And comic strips. Either one would make the cut on its own, but using both earns some admittedly worthless bonus points. Take a look at the payment methods while you’re at it; I can’t decide which one is my favorite. This link may require a LinkedIn account.

NSFW: I was working on my quantum physics homework…

The same account posted “What did the subatomic quantum pirate say to the theoretical physicist?,” if you’d prefer to click on something safer, or if you’re Sergio Gago. A word of caution: the account posts more offensive jokes than quantum jokes. In my defense, I search for “quantum.” These links may require an X account.

Why is Erwin Schrödinger bathing Peter Shor?

I have no idea, but it has something to do with quantum computing, bubbles, and the World Cup? I could’ve asked Quantum Machines before posting this, but I just sent a substantive inquiry their way, so I’ll leave the answer to your imagination. This link may require a LinkedIn account.

Reproducibility in Quantum Computing Research

Bambordé Baldé of Quantum Formalism addresses a long-held grievance of mine, about papers not providing code. More importantly, he notes the epidemic of non-working code. Combine the 2 statistics, and you’re left with only a small sliver of research that’s easily reproducible.

Infleqtion likes their wings hot and their atoms cold.

Infleqtion should have an exhibit at Q+AI 3.0 2026 such that you can get one of them thar t-shirts if you can complete the same Hot Ones Challenge. After all, Dr. Pranav Gokhale will be there as a panelist. If this happens, I’ll try to livestream myself breathing fire like The Quantum Dragon. This link may require an X account.

PQC is already vulnerable.

We often talk about the need to migrate to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). After the word “migrate,” we need to start adding the word “properly.”

They’re all actively hiring in Quantum Error Correction.

We often talk about who’s working on QEC, but Conor Johnston of Seer listed who’s actively hiring for it. That ought to be of interest to job seekers and competitors alike. After all, there are names on the list that I wouldn’t expect to see there, and one could say I follow the industry rather closely. This link may require a LinkedIn account.

Lost in the Quantum Cat-astrophe

Thanks to Laurent Prost for sharing Alice & Bob’s 404 error page. I need to do something with this. I don’t know what that’ll be yet, but stay subscribed….

Jersey Mike’s S-1 filing mentions quantum risk.

I could include this because I grew up in Jersey, and this creates a certain nostalgia for my old stomping grounds. I could also include this because it mentions quantum computing. Instead, I’m including this because Mark McGuire of Quickly Quantum included an illustration of a sub sub.

Alice & Bob will keep the karaoke videos off LinkedIn.

The Quantum Dragon will share a great many wackadoodle things, but karaoke will never, ever be one of them. For respecting that boundary, not that anyone at Alice & Bob even knew about it, this video of their summer activities in Chantilly makes the cut. This link may require a LinkedIn account.

Quantum Noise Detector

Alan Ho and Prof. Michael Biercuk inspired the Resuscitated Quantum Bullshit Detector, but the original(?) has resurfaced on Bluesky. It’s back to reposting a simple “bullshit” or “not bullshit,” so The Quantum Dragon will continue to monitor for challenges, controversies, and debates under this new name from Dr. Bob Sutor.

• Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook pooped [LinkedIn, X] on QAOA.
• Infleqtion’s chicken wings were so spicy, they generated heat in the comments.