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Certified Genuine Randomness
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-26/jpmorgan-says-quantum-experiment-generated-truly-random-numbers [bloomberg.com]
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08737-1 [nature.com]
Over at JP Morgan they have now created certified randomness using a trapped-ion quantum processor. Compared to old-computer with algorithms and the usual "randomness" that we all know. Still somewhat unclear what they are going to use this genuine randomness for but some kind of financial or encryption application seems likely.
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