The 2,500 questions that make up the exam are specifically designed to probe the outer limits of what today’s AI systems cannot do.

Quantum computing and its threat to current encryption and the unknown threat of powerful quantum automated by advanced AI.

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

We’re racing towards a future in which devices will be able to read our thoughts. You see signs of it everywhere, from brain-computer interfaces to algorithms that detect emotions from facial scans.

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Google’s Willow quantum computer (pictured here) is delivering. Image credits: Google. “Today, we’re announcing research that shows — for the first time in history — that a quantum computer can ...