Experts believe that one day, quantum computers could make today’s systems of encryption utterly obsolete. But Google tells The Verge its new “breakthrough” Willow chip is nowhere near ready for that. “The Willow chip is not capable of breaking modern cryptography,” Google Quantum AI director and COO Charina Chou tells The Verge.

Google’s Willow chip achieved significant advancements in error correction and qubit stability. Quantum computing raises concerns about its ability to break blockchain encryption. Real-world applications

Google has announced its latest quantum computing chip, 'Willow.' The company claimed that the processor performed a standard benchmark computation in under five minutes, which would otherwise take 10 25 years on a conventional supercomputer.