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NATURE CHALLENGES MICROSOFT'S 2025 QUANTUM CLAIMS

A peer-reviewed Nature paper alleges Microsoft's recent quantum computing breakthrough was undermined by basic Python errors and selective data analysis. Microsoft maintains its research is sound.

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Boffin claims Microsoft’s “quantum leap” is invalid due to “basic Python errors”

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/research/2026/06/24/boffin-claims-microsofts-supposed-quantum-leap-does-not-com…

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Nature publishes a peer-reviewed paper alleging that Microsoft's 2025 quantum breakthrough claims were based on "basic Python errors" and data cherry-picking (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Thomas Claburn / The Register: Nature publishes a peer-reviewed paper alleging that Microsoft's 2025 quantum breakthroug…

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