By Max A. Cherney

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Google said it has developed a computer algorithm that points the way to practical applications for quantum computing and will be able to generate unique data for use with artificial intelligence.

The new algorithm called Quantum Echoes, which runs on the company’s quantum chip, is 13,000 times faster than the most sophisticated classical computing algorithm on supercomputers, Google said.

In the future, the Quantum Echoes algorithm may be able to help measure molecular structure in molecules which could aid in drug discovery and help material science through identifying new types of materials, company executives told a media briefing last week.

Alphabet’s Google is among several major tech firms including Amazon and Microsoft investing in qua

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