Several important questions are — almost chronically — debated by quantum experts: Can quantum be used before they are fully developed, can quantum and artificial intelligence be integrated with scalability and what sorts of tasks will these new machines master first?
Microsoft has taken a swing at all three questions with its announcement that the company has introduced significant updates to its Azure Quantum Elements platform, according to Dr. Nathan Baker, product leader, Azure Quantum Elements, Microsoft, writing about the updates on the Microsoft Azure Quantum Blog. The company is also adding a twist by incorporating generative AI into the mix of tools that will be available to scientific teams.
Specifically, Microsoft is releasing two new features — Generative Chemistry and Accelerated DFT — to enhance the productivity and accessibility of research in chemistry and materials science so that scientists can discover and analyze molecular compounds, among other investigations, more effectively and efficiently. The company adds that its advanced quantum computing capabilities will be integrated into its platform.
On a higher level, the blog suggests that these updates are in line with the company’s overall mission to empower global scientific advances by leveraging AI, quantum and cloud high-performance computing (HPC). Ultimately, these efforts are laying the groundwork for a future quantum supercomputer, which will unlock discoveries previously hidden due to computational limitations, according to the blog.
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