Quantum computers are inching closer to practical deployment, but shielding fragile quantum information from errors is still very challenging. Now, a machine-learning-based decoder offers a strategy for rectifying errors in logic quantum circuits, hastening the advent of reliable and fault-tolerant quantum systems.
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Deng, XH., Xu, Y. Efficiently decoding quantum errors with machine learning. Nat Comput Sci 5, 1100–1101 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-025-00907-5
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