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The UK's National Quantum Computing Centre and Google Quantum AI have opened access to Google's 105-qubit Willow processor for UK researchers, with King's College London among institutions positioned to benefit through the NQCC's competitive proposal process. While the partnership accelerates UK quantum research through access to world-leading error correction hardware, analysts warn it deepens dependence on a foreign commercial platform for a technology the UK government considers strategically critical — raising questions about IP ownership, research independence, and who gets left out of the quantum future.