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Microsoft quantum paper challenged over 'basic Python errors'

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Register ·

A researcher claims Microsoft's Nature paper on topological qubits contains data cherry-picking and basic Python coding mistakes. The paper, hailed as a quantum computing breakthrough, is now under scrutiny. Microsoft maintains its findings are sound.

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The controversy highlights how even prestigious publications can miss fundamental errors when the stakes are high.
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