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However, as engineers have scaled the design to accommodate 1,000 qubits, they have encountered bizarre behaviors previously unforeseen. The chip does not merely compute solutions; it appears to engage in negotiation with them. One researcher recounted an experience reminiscent of watching a chess engine alter the rules mid-game for an assured victory. Inputs and outputs have repeatedly contradicted each other, and some quantum states have persisted for longer than traditional decoherence models would suggest.