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Nobody can predict 2035, but the trends are visible: AI assistants that act, robots in narrow jobs, early quantum machines, AI-assisted medicine and cheaper clean energy. Here are five changes worth watching, each labelled as a possibility, not a promise.
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Supercomputers forecast weather and train AI models today. Quantum computers are experimental machines that might outperform them on a few specific tasks. Here is how the two differ, and which job suits which.
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Quantum computers don't simply run everything faster. They use qubits, superposition and entanglement to attack a narrow set of problems in a fundamentally different way. Here is the idea, in plain language and without the hype.
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Chemistry is governed by quantum physics, which is why quantum computers might one day help design drugs, batteries and fertilisers. Here is what has actually been shown, what is still hoped for, and why AI is already doing part of the job.
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The National Quantum Mission has an outlay of ₹6,003.65 crore for 2023-24 to 2030-31. It runs four thematic hubs at IISc, IIT Madras, IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi. Here are its goals and the progress the government has reported.
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Today's internet security relies on maths problems that quantum computers could one day solve. In August 2024, the US standards body NIST published its first post-quantum encryption standards. Here is what the risk is, what 'harvest now, decrypt later' means, and what you should do.
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