Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai geek out over Google's new quantum chip Willow

Google’s quantum chip, Willow, has sent ripples through the tech world. Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, proudly announced this milestone on his X account, describing Willow as a “state-of-the-art quantum chip” capable of scaling up while reducing errors — a feat considered nearly impossible until now. Pichai casually floated the idea of building a “quantum cluster in space” with Musk’s Starship, to which Musk replied, “That will probably happen.” Ever the futurist, Musk veered the discussion into Kardashev’s Type II civilisations, solar panels in deserts, and humanity’s crawl toward harnessing global energy. With this achievement, Willow could pave the way for quantum computing to tackle challenges in fields like medicine, artificial intelligence, and energy optimisation — domains where classical computers fall short. As Google edges closer to unlocking the true potential of quantum machines, its futuristic ambitions, like Sundar Pichai’s vision of quantum clusters in space, might just become reality.