{"id":210176,"date":"2025-03-31T14:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/quantum-computer-generates-truly-random-number-in-scientific-first"},"modified":"2025-03-31T14:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T19:06:09","slug":"quantum-computer-generates-truly-random-number-in-scientific-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/quantum-computer-generates-truly-random-number-in-scientific-first","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Computer Generates Truly Random Number in Scientific First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/quantum-computer-generates-truly-random-number-in-scientific-first2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A quantum machine has used entangled qubits to generate a number certified as truly random for the first time, demonstrating a handy function that\u2019s physically beyond even the most powerful supercomputer.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers from the US and UK repurposed existing quantum supremacy experiments on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantinuum.com\/products-solutions\/quantinuum-systems\/system-model-h2\">Quantinuum\u2019s<\/a> 56-qubit computer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/nist-random-number-beacon-bell-test-generator-guaranteed-random\">roll God\u2019s dice<\/a>. The result was a number so random, no amount of physics could have predicted it.<\/p>\n<p>Quantum technology is becoming critical for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/giant-cybersecurity-threat-discovered-lurking-in-plain-sight\">secure electronic communication<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/two-of-the-worlds-most-advanced-telescopes-remain-closed-following-cyberattack\">cybersecurity threats increase<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quantum machine has used entangled qubits to generate a number certified as truly random for the first time, demonstrating a handy function that\u2019s physically beyond even the most powerful supercomputer. Researchers from the US and UK repurposed existing quantum supremacy experiments on Quantinuum\u2019s 56-qubit computer to roll God\u2019s dice. The result was a number [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,1617,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cybercrime-malcode","category-quantum-physics","category-supercomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}