Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that practically useful quantum computers are still 5-10 years away. This comes after a similar warning from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, suggesting that very useful quantum computers may take 15-30 years. Quantum computing stocks reacted negatively to these announcements.
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