With the release of its new Majorana 2 chip, Microsoft claims agentic AI has dramatically accelerated its timeline to scale a commercial-grade quantum computer.

Researchers at Monash University have built a tiny on-chip circuit that can generate, direct, and read light-based information for both artificial intelligence inference and quantum computing operations.

OQC builds quantum chips by placing transmon qubits atop a thin layer of sapphire. According to the company, its engineers create the qubits using photolithography techniques and an electron beam. The other side of the sapphire substrate hosts devices called resonators that are responsible for extracting calculation results from qubits.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. What goes up must come down. Physical laws like these govern all of the natural world—except for the tiny internal components of today's microprocessors,