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Spin audit of SQD/QSCI quantum-chemistry benchmarks on iron–sulfur clusters

Hacker News · Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:50:09 GMT

Author here. Background, for anyone who hasn't followed this fight: IBM's iron–sulfur SQD results (Sci. Adv. 2025) are one of the flagship "quantum computers are useful for chemistry now" claims, and a published critique (arXiv:2501.07231) argues the quantum samples never beat cl

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