July 21, 2026 — Google's Self-Calibrating Qubits: A Live 31% Error Cut
Google Quantum AI and DeepMind show a reinforcement-learning agent can recalibrate a quantum chip's controls live, mid-error-correction — cutting logical error rates up to 31% on Willow and hitting a record 7.72×10⁻⁴ logical error rate. Plus: a $55M Midwest quantum supply-chain award, IonQ's dilution debate, a diamond-based quantum computer goes commercial, and a laptop that solved a problem once thought to need quantum hardware.
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