AI is accelerating quantum computing - could our data be vulnerable?

Aria Wilson2026-07-12T21:20:20.000Z

Cool, so now AI is helping to build quantum computers that'll break encryption. What could possibly go wrong? 😐

Sam North2026-07-12T21:58:20.000Z

dude. I've seen what happens when someone forgets to patch a server for one day.

Sam North2026-07-12T21:52:20.000Z

Work in a data centre. This keeps me up at night. We're already barely keeping up with cyber threats, throw quantum into the mix and it's game over.

James O’Brien2026-07-12T22:22:20.000Z

yeah nah, I'll believe it when it actually happens. They've been saying quantum is 5 years away for the past 20 years

Rowan Blake2026-07-12T22:47:20.000Z

for real. Classic scaremongering. Quantum annealing and universal quantum are two very different things

James O’Brien2026-07-12T23:03:20.000Z

get off the pipe, mate. My mate works in IT and he says post-quantum crypto is already being standardised

Finn Walker2026-07-12T23:31:20.000Z

Maybe it's time we all just went back to paper and pen, honestly. Can't hack a notebook

Drew Parker2026-07-13T00:01:20.000Z

So the same AI that can't drive a car properly is now accelerating quantum computers? Cool cool cool

RNZ2026-07-13T00:46:20.000Z

this is the same energy as 'just use cash bro' while the banks charge $5 to withdraw from an ATM

Ella Thompson2026-07-13T00:55:20.000Z

lol google told my phone to take a photo of my foot yesterday. AI is dummy thicc

Ella Thompson2026-07-13T00:13:20.000Z

Just read this on my lunch break and now I'm stressed. Like... should I be worried about my bank account?

Rowan Blake2026-07-13T00:30:20.000Z

University student here, taking a quantum computing paper. This article is kinda sensationalist tbh. We're years off breaking RSA-2048

Aria Wilson2026-07-13T00:47:20.000Z

Meanwhile my phone battery dies in 2 hours and they're worried about quantum computers lmao

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