Google aims to launch quantum computing applications in the next five years

Google aims to release commercial quantum computing applications within five years, Google's head of quantum told Reuters on Wednesday, in a challenge to Nvidia's predictions of a 20-year wait. "We’re optimistic that within five years we’ll see real-world applications that are possible only on quantum computers," founder and lead of Google Quantum AI Hartmut Neven said in a statement. Two decades out Nvidia's Jensen Huang has said that quantum computing is much farther away than five years. Google's quantum computing scientists announced another step on the path to real world applications within five years on Wednesday.