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A recent Google study, released on March 30th, demonstrated that a quantum computer capable of cracking 256-bit encryption—a common security standard—could be built with under 500,000 qubits. Instead of sharing the actual code for this breakthrough, Google published a ‘zero-knowledge proof’ to verify its findings. According to Ben Goertzel, this choice doesn’t alter the implications of the research.



