Informaq Observer: one map of quantum computing, now in beta

Kia ora LinkedIn. We’ve got something new to show you to mark the six anniversary since the launch of Informaq: Informaq Observer, now live in beta at https://informaq.observer

QuBytes have been giving you bitesize quantum insights on research and news. But when we interviewed researchers and students working in quantum computing, they told us the real pain isn’t a shortage nor the noise. It’s working out who claimed what, who said it first, and where to check it.

So the Observer is a map of quantum computing space built using a hypergraph from what people actually claimed. Vendors, machines, algorithms, benchmarks and the papers behind them, joined up. Every mark links to the exact passage it came from.

What you can do

• Search a vendor, machine or algorithm and see the claims about it
• Compare claims like for like
• See what builds on what, and where papers disagree
• Scrub back through time and watch the field shift

It’s a beta, so expect some rough edges. Claims proposed by AI go through review, and anything auto approved is labelled as such. Your feedback at this stage matters a lot to us, so if something looks off, tell us.

Over 3 months we maxed out some LLMs building up the graph with
• 125,606 papers
• 47,832 claims
• 7,046 organisations
• 71 machines
• 457 contested claims

QuBytes carry on as usual at https://informaq.spinsphere.xyz. Think of the Observer as the deep dive with the connections and QuBytes as the quick hit.