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How AI Will Change Quantum Computing - Ep. 294

April 14, 2026 · 31 min

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What happens when you combine AI with quantum computing? NVIDIA's Nic Harrigan joins the AI Podcast to break down the state of quantum, explain why error correction is the pivotal challenge, and reveal how NVIDIA Ising—the world's first open AI model family for quantum—is changing the game.


🔗 Resources mentioned:

► Read our NVIDIA Ising announcement

► Learn more about NVIDIA Ising

► Learn more about NVIDIA Quantum Computing



Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:55 What is quantum computing?

4:00 Qubits, noise, and error correction

5:26 How AI helps quantum error correction

10:57 Applications: drug discovery and materials

15:33 NVIDIA Ising announcement

20:35 Scaling quantum hardware

27:31 Algorithm development with generative AI

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