Boffin claims Microsoft's "quantum leap" is invalid due to "basic Python errors"
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- Nature published a critique by Dr. Henry Legg challenging Microsoft's 2025 claims of a quantum computing breakthrough using Majorana particles.
- Legg's analysis argues Microsoft's data and code contained errors, omitting contradictory evidence and mishandling programming, making their results unreliable.
- Microsoft defended its work, stating it stands by its roadmap and rebutted Legg's critique, but Legg dismissed this as circular reasoning and maintained skepticism.
- Legg also criticized Microsoft's 2026 Majorana 2 announcement, noting it lacks proof of being a functional qubit and questions unreported measurements.