Catching rogue agents and preventing cyberattacks—quantum computing is about to have its ‘ChatGPT moment’
A scenario where quantum computing becomes so powerful it can eat through all classical computer encryption defenses is not outside the realms of possibility.
Key points
- “And that’s really where the possibility of strengthening our cyber security defenses through the earliest use of quantum compute becomes possible.” “Quantum can have a profound impact on being able to identify the anomalous behavior of rogue agents.” oxford quantum circuits CEO Gerald Mullally The good guys need to get there first.
- Understanding the delicacy of a human protein and its relationship to disease, how the climate works or the interaction of sub-atomic particles in fluids requires significant amounts of computing power.
- If it’s a sphere, you can then see more easily that there’s a relationship between data that you wouldn’t be able to spot if it was classical compute.” When it comes to encryption, quantum will give businesses an “offensive capability” sufficient to head off the threat.
In June, Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) executed the biggest C-series raise for a quantum computing company in Europe at £260 million ($345 million).
Pure play operators such as D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, and IonQ are seeing valuations in the multiple billions of dollars.
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- We’re going to hit billions, and we’re going to hit trillions of quantum operations, and we’ll start to then have this real commercial advantage for a corporate.” Many executives are tired of tech bros bearing gifts and have spent considerable amounts of money experimenting with artificial intelligence.
- They can be 0 or 1 or a mixture of both, called “superposition.” This flexibility allows them to perform many more tasks than classical computing at a speed high enough to revolutionize how we work.
- That will be our version of the ChatGPT moment, and that will be the point where the confidence will grow.
- “Some of the earliest use cases of quantum are the ability to conduct vulnerability analysis on your network, and also to be able to detect threats,” OQC’s CEO Gerald Mullally told me.
- Many companies are working hard to make quantum computing the next ubiquitous technology.
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