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Towards quantum machine learning

Jungsang Kim discusses his interest in the pioneering technology.
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  1. Michael Brooks

    1. Michael Brooks is a freelance writer based in the United Kingdom.

Besides chemistry and cryptography, one potential application of quantum computing that’s generating significant excitement is machine learning. Here, Jungsang Kim, who leads the Multifunctional Integrated Systems Technology group at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and co-founded quantum-computing company IonQ, based in College Park, Maryland, explains why.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01718-2

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

This article is part of Nature Spotlight: Quantum computing, an editorially independent supplement. Advertisers have no influence over the content.

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