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According to the DeepMind team, AlphaQubit surpasses traditional error correction techniques, achieving an accuracy rate of 98.5%. This improvement reduces errors by 30% when compared to previous state-of-the-art methods, allowing quantum computers to perform longer, more complex computations that could transform fields such as quantum chemistry and cryptography.
Despite the promising results, challenges linger. One primary concern is speed. Current superconducting quantum processors can handle millions of consistency checks every second, but the data-encoding process still lags behind by a notable factor. Addressing this speed disparity, alongside further error reduction, remains crucial for the next leap in quantum technology.