Quantum Computing Research Gets Boost from Federal Government - AI Trends

The US federal government is investing heavily in research on quantum computing, and AI is helping to boost the development. The White House is pushing to add an additional billion dollars to fund AI research that would increase AI R&D funding research to nearly $2 billion and quantum computing research to about $860 million over the next two years, according to an account in TechCrunch on Feb. 7. This is in addition to the $625 million investment in National Quantum Information Science Research Centers announced by the Department of Energy's (DoE) Office of Science in January, following from the National quantum Initiative Act, according to an account in MeriTalk. "The purpose of these centers will be to push the current state-of-the-art science and technology toward realizing the full potential of quantum-based applications, from computing, to communication, to sensing," the announcement stated. The centers are expected to work across multiple technical areas of interest, including quantum communication, computing, devices, applications, and foundries.