Google wants to make programming quantum computers easier

Google's new open-source software will help developers experiment with the machines.
Some background: Instead of standard digital bits, which represent either 1 or 0, quantum computers use “qubits,” which can be in both states at once. Exploiting them requires completely different software, and only a small band of developers currently has the knowledge to write such programs.
The news: Google has just released Cirq, a software toolkit that lets developers create algorithms without needing a background in quantum physics. Cirq is an open-source initiative, which means anyone can access and modify the software. Google likens it to its popular TensorFlow open source toolkit that has made it easier to build machine-learning software.
What’s next: For now, developers can use Cirq to create quantum algorithms that run on simulators. But as our our Martin Giles writes, the goal is to have it help build software that will run on a wide range of real machines in the future.
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