
Tristan Greene
Tristan is a science and technology journalist, independent researcher, and consultant. His primary areas of coverage include quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI).
As a researcher, he volunteers at the Center for AGI Investigations where he investigates claims related to the emergence of artificial general intelligence. His journalism career began in 2017 as an intern at The Next Web before eventually becoming the managing editor of The Next Web’s "Neural," a news vertical dedicated to AI and deep tech.
Prior to his career in science and technology, Tristan served in the U.S. Navy for 10 years as an information systems technician and shipboard engineer. Outside of work, Tristan enjoys gaming with his wife and studying military history. He and his family live in southern California.
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IBM quantum processor achieves highest fidelity calculations for the longest period of time on recordScientists have developed a novel approach to error correction that resulted in the highest-ever fidelity of entangled, logical qubits on a superconducting quantum processor.
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Acing this new AI exam — which its creators say is the toughest in the world — might point to the first signs of AGIHumanity’s Last Exam is a PhD-level benchmark designed to test the limits of AI reasoning. Although Google’s Gemini 3 scored a staggering 48.4%, experts stress that this does not indicate the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI).
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Scientists build 'most accurate' quantum computing chip ever thanks to new silicon-based computing architectureResearchers say they have created the world's first scalable atomic quantum processor that achieves record-breaking 99.99% fidelity.
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Record-breaking feat means information lasts 15 times longer in new kind of quantum processor than those used by Google and IBMThe novel design for the new qubit uses the chemical element tantalum in tandem with a special silicon substrate, creating what researchers say are the most coherent superconducting qubits to date.
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Breakthrough 3D wiring architecture enables 10,000-qubit quantum processorsThe novel 3D wiring architecture and chip fabrication method enable quantum processing units containing 10,000 qubits to fit in a smaller space than today's 100-qubit chips.
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Scientists say they've eliminated a major AI bottleneck — now they can process calculations 'at the speed of light'A new architecture replaces traditional bottlenecks with a passive, single-shot light-speed operation that could become the foundational hardware for AGI, scientists argue.
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Quantum computing 'lie detector' finally proves these machines tap into Einstein's spooky action at a distance rather than just faking itResearchers developed an experimental method for confirming quantum activity in a quantum computing system.
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Quantum record smashed as scientists build mammoth 6,000-qubit system — and it works at room temperatureA new system, made by splitting a laser beam into 12,000 tweezers and trapping 6,100 neutral atom qubits, hit new heights for coherence times.
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Electronics breakthrough means our devices may one day no longer emit waste heat, scientists sayA new "optoexcitonic switch" already achieves state-of-the-art performance over current electronics and could serve as the basis for classical and quantum computing devices capable of operating at room temperature.
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IBM and Moderna have simulated the longest mRNA pattern without AI — they used a quantum computer insteadScientists used IBM's R2 Heron quantum processor to predict the secondary protein structure of a 60-nucleotide-long mRNA sequence.
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'Like a master Tetris player': Scientists invent quantum virtual machines — they'll slash turnaround times from days to hoursNew quantum computing system allows multiple users to run programs simultaneously using virtual machines.
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Scientists hit quantum computer error rate of 0.000015% — a world record achievement that could lead to smaller and faster machinesThe record-breaking achievement could lead to practical, utility-scale quantum computers that are both smaller and faster.
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MIT's new AI can teach itself to control robots by watching the world through their eyes — it only needs a single cameraThe new training method doesn't use sensors or onboard control tweaks, but a single camera that watches the robot's movements and uses visual data.
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'Quantum AI' algorithms already outpace the fastest supercomputers, study saysResearchers have successfully demonstrated quantum speedup in kernel-based machine learning.
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Microsoft breakthrough could reduce errors in quantum computers by 1,000 timesMicrosoft scientists developed a 4D geometric coding method that reduces errors 1,000-fold in quantum computers.
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IBM's monster 10,000-qubit quantum computer coming in 2029 after science behind fault-tolerenance 'solved'The quantum computer, called Starling, will use 200 logical qubits — and IBM plans to follow this up with a 2,000-logical-qubit machine in 2033
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