01 | Dead and Alive: Battle for quantum supremacy

Google announces it has achieved something game changing — quantum supremacy. But not everybody agrees.The company claims its quantum computer called Sycamore has solved a problem that no classical computer could manage in hundreds of thousands of years. IBM wants this stricken from history.A war of words breaks out as two tech giants race to build a useful quantum computer that could change how the world works.Guests:Scott YoungCropping and livestock farmer in Ballan, VictoriaGideon LichfieldJournalist, former editor-in-chief of WIRED and MIT Technology ReviewProfessor John Martinis2025 Nobel laureate in PhysicsCredits:Presenter: Jacinta BowlerProducer: Fiona PepperSenior Producer: Shelby TraynorExecutive Producer: Petria LadgroveSound Engineer: Tim JenkinsArchives Research: Lisa Chidlow, Michael OsmondThis story was made on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Gadigal and Menang Noongar peoples.More informationQuantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processorOn “quantum supremacy” - IBM