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With an algorithm capable, in only a few seconds, to solve a problem that would take a supercomputer billions of years to work out, a team of scientists including members of the CNRS has reached quantum supremacy. Their research has successfully verified a quantum advantage in computing, such as those previously announced by Google, and then by a team from China.
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