China’s quantum computing firm achieves AI breakthrough highlighting China’s continuing advancement in technology.
A Chinese quantum computing company has efficiently completed a significant AI model task using a quantum computer, according to a report by Science and Technology Daily on Monday.
Origin Quantum, a startup based in Hefei, a city in eastern China, successfully fine-tuned a billion-parameter AI model on its self-developed third-generation superconducting quantum computer, Origin Wukong. The company has described this achievement as a groundbreaking first in the world.
This is the first instance of quantum computing being applied to large-model tasks, showcasing that current quantum hardware can support the fine-tuning of AI models, stated Chen Zhaoyun, a scientist from the Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center.
Experimental results revealed that reducing the number of parameters by 76% led to an 8.4% improvement in training performance.
This advancement highlights that quantum computing could enable the development of lighter large models, offering a potential solution to the growing challenges of computing power in the future.
Fine-tuning involves adapting a general-purpose AI model, like DeepSeek, for specialized tasks, such as medical diagnosis or financial risk analysis, by retraining it using domain-specific data.
The 72-qubit Origin Wukong is a programmable superconducting quantum computer, which has been providing quantum computing cloud services to over 23 million global users across 139 countries. Since its launch, the system has successfully completed 350,000 quantum computing tasks.
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