Quantum AI: How Artificial Intelligence Meets Quantum Power (2026) Quantum AI: How Artificial Intelligence Meets Quantum Power (2026) Quantum AI in 2026 blends artificial intelligence with quantum computing to attack problems where classical AI struggles. Using quantum machine learning (QML) , variational algorithms like VQE and QAOA , and hybrid quantum-classical workflows, teams optimize portfolios, model molecules, and search combinatorial spaces more efficiently. Quantum circuits act as trainable feature maps, while classical optimizers tune parameters end-to-end. This guide explains what Quantum AI is, how it works on today’s NISQ hardware, and when to try it. For fundamentals of the hardware layer, see How Quantum Computers Work — Explained (2026) and the network context in Quantum Internet: The Next Evolution of the Web (2026) . 1) What is Quantum AI? Quantum AI uses quantum circuits as learnable models or ke...