The US plans to further invest in quantum computing while mitigating the risks the technology poses to national and economic security.
President Biden has signed two directives aimed at ensuring the US retains its lead in quantum computing while also safeguarding the country from future attacks carried out using this emerging technology. For some time now, the US has been a global leader in quantum information science (QIS) which is a broad field of science and engineering and quantum computers are one of the many promising applications of this interdisciplinary field. Instead of being a replacement for traditional computers, quantum computers have the ability to analyze information in entirely new ways to help drive innovations across the US economy from energy to medicine. According to a White House Fact Sheet, President Biden’s new Executive Order will foster advances in quantum computing by enhancing the National Quantum Initiative advisory committee that will now be placed directly under the authority of the White House.
