VANIER: One of the world's biggest companies says it has ushered in a new age that could change the world of computing. Google says this computer needs only 200 seconds to solve a problem that would take the world's second fastest super computer 10,000 years to figure out. This kind of speed represents a breakthrough called "Quantum Supremacy". Google's CEO was very pleased with the outcome.</s>SUNDAR PICHAI, GOOGLE CEO: For many years practical quantum computing was only theoretically possible. Google's team has proven it can work. This is the hello world moment for quantum computing that many of us have been waiting for.</s>VANIER: Not everyone is celebrating though; IBM says that Google overestimated the difficulty of the computing task. That Google's CEO is undaunted and compared the test to the Wright Brothers flights. He says that while there was no practical use for the first flight as there is no practical use for what Google has just achieved it showed the possibility that a plane could fly. That's THE BRIEF for today. I'm Cyril Vanier. "WORLD SPORT" is up next.
Google Claims It Has Achieved "Quantum Supremacy".