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Infleqtion’s doubleMOT AR Tour is the new standard for virtually showcasing your products. No, I have neither the authority nor gravitas to declare that but, c’mon, look at it! You can virtually pick doubleMOT up, rotate it all around, and zoom in and out of it. The parts are labelled but, for good measure, there’s narration.

This week’s premium content:

• State of IQM
• Burned to a Qrisp
• Alice & Bob vs Microsoft
• I was right!
• Fire Opal AI

In this edition:

• Inside QuEra’s Active Laboratory
• Live-Coding Quantum Computer Music
• Fabulous Cash Prizes!
• Russ Fein: Quantum Influencer
• Quantum Whistleblowing
• Anton Zeilinger vs Dalai Lama
• Jensen’s Corner
• The Qiskit vs PennyLane Dragons
• Big Huang
• Quantum Cosmetics… Qosmetics?
• Zapata AI Job Seekers… only 1 left on this list!
• Quantum Noise Detector

Inside QuEra’s Active Laboratory

This video is only 9 seconds long, but I find all such laboratory videos interesting. This link might require a LinkedIn account.

Live-Coding Quantum Computer Music

Thanks to Prof. Eduardo R. Miranda for sharing this, although I suspect he also had something to do with it. This video is 40 seconds long and, more importantly, includes audio! So, crank your volume up and enjoy this catchy tune while you go freshen your cup of java. This link might require a LinkedIn account.

Fabulous Cash Prizes!

I’ve shared this quantum-themed poetry contest before, but the deadline is rapidly approaching, so here it is again. The top prize, by the way, is £1000.

Russ Fein: Quantum Influencer

Mr. Fein isn’t claiming to have changed the minds of NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg about the timeline to useful quantum computers, but the facts speak for themselves. Follow Mr. Fein and stay ahead of the curve. More importantly, subscribe to his Substack. This link might require a LinkedIn account.

Quantum Whistleblowing

I have heard many potential use cases for quantum technologies, some legit, some not so much. But this is a first: imagine being a whistleblower at your organization because you trust that a quantum network is guaranteeing your anonymity. This link to a 1:16 video might require a Twitter account.

Anton Zeilinger vs Dalai Lama

Anton Zeilinger, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2022, and the Dalai Lama discovered that there might be “interesting parallels” between quantum physics and Eastern philosophical findings. I normally wouldn’t share such a thing, but it’s a Nobel Laureate talking, not some random crackpot.

Jensen’s Corner

Dr. Bob Sutor has so many articles invoking Jensen Huang and NVIDIA that he’s fully consumed his quarterly allotment. I mention him twice this edition myself.

The Qiskit vs PennyLane Dragons

This is wrong! It’s been scheduled for a while, and new experimentation has drawn new suspicions and conclusions. I’m publishing it, however, because this article being wrong is going to be important in explaining (hopefully) how to do it right.

Big Huang

You thought Dr. Sutor’s “Jensen’s Corner” was funny, but it pales in comparison to Lawrence Gasman’s “Big Huang.” I already had Infleqtion’s dragon when I saw this, otherwise you almost got The Big Huang Quantum Dragon this week. This link might require a LinkedIn account.

Quantum Cosmetics… Qosmetics?

Chemistry is, of course, the killer app of quantum computing. However, I have never heard of cosmetics as being a potential use case… until now. The KOSE Group, on page 9 of this report, states that it is dedicating some of its R&D to exactly that.

Zapata AI Job Seekers… only 1 left on this list!

If you were laid off by Zapata AI and would like a free listing in this newsletter, please reach out and let me know. I’ll maintain a list in The Quantum Dragon until everyone on the list has been gainfully employed elsewhere or is otherwise no longer actively job seeking. I might extend this offer to all job seekers, but I’ll start with these layoffs.

• Shawn Gibford Industrial PHDc: Quantum Applications in the Life Sciences

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.

• Technically, I argued with myself this week by publishing The Qiskit vs PennyLane Dragons with a disclaimer contradicting my own conclusions.
• Los Alamos National Laboratory found “a new problem that only quantum computing can solve”? Let’s hope so, but now we have to wait for classical challenges.
• Quokka is a quantum computer? I agree with the Quantum Bullshit Detector that it is not. It’s a very interesting classical emulator, however.