Artificial intelligence for quantum computing

Y Yuri Alexeev M Marwa H. Farag T Taylor L. Patti M Mark E. Wolf N Natalia Ares A Alán Aspuru-Guzik (Chemical Physics Theory Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada) S Simon C. Benjamin Z Zhenyu Cai S Shuxiang Cao C Christopher Chamberland Z Zohim Chandani F Federico Fedele I Ikko Hamamura N Nicholas Harrigan J Jin-Sung Kim E Elica Kyoseva J Justin G. Lietz T Tom Lubowe A Alexander McCaskey R Roger G. Melko K Kouhei Nakaji A Alberto Peruzzo P Pooja Rao B Bruno Schmitt S Sam Stanwyck N Norm M. Tubman (Applied Physics Group, NASA Ames Research Center) H Hanrui Wang T Timothy Costa

Abstract

Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) advancements over the past few years have had an unprecedented and revolutionary impact across everyday application areas. Its significance also extends to technical challenges within science and engineering, including the nascent field of quantum computing (QC). The counterintuitive nature and high-dimensional mathematics of QC make it a prime candidate for AI’s data-driven learning capabilities, and in fact, many of QC’s biggest scaling challenges may ultimately rest on developments in AI. However, bringing leading techniques from AI to QC requires drawing on disparate expertise from arguably two of the most advanced and esoteric areas of computer science. Here we aim to encourage this cross-pollination by reviewing how state-of-the-art AI techniques are already advancing challenges across the hardware and software stack needed to develop useful QC - from device design to applications. We then close by examining its future opportunities and obstacles in this space.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 16, Issue 1
Published December 02, 2025
ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Portfolio

Journal Info

Nature Communications

Nature Portfolio

ISSN: 2041-1723 Open Access Life Sciences

Authors (28)

Y

Yuri Alexeev

M

Marwa H. Farag

T

Taylor L. Patti

M

Mark E. Wolf

N

Natalia Ares

A

Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Chemical Physics Theory Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada

S

Simon C. Benjamin

Z

Zhenyu Cai

S

Shuxiang Cao

C

Christopher Chamberland

Z

Zohim Chandani

F

Federico Fedele

I

Ikko Hamamura

N

Nicholas Harrigan

J

Jin-Sung Kim

E

Elica Kyoseva

J

Justin G. Lietz

T

Tom Lubowe

A

Alexander McCaskey

R

Roger G. Melko

K

Kouhei Nakaji

A

Alberto Peruzzo

P

Pooja Rao

B

Bruno Schmitt

S

Sam Stanwyck

N

Norm M. Tubman

Applied Physics Group, NASA Ames Research Center

H

Hanrui Wang

T

Timothy Costa