<story><title>The CIA and Jeff Bezos Bet on Quantum Computing</title><url>http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429429/the-cia-and-jeff-bezos-bet-on-quantum-computing/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jimwhitson</author><text>Would it be overly conspiratorial to suggest that the CIA and NSA are in fact interested in a large-scale implementation of Shor&apos;s algorithm? Perhaps I underestimate how much use intelligence agencies have for optimization...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jpdoctor</author><text>&amp;#62; &lt;i&gt;Would it be overly conspiratorial to suggest that the CIA and NSA are in fact interested in a large-scale implementation of Shor&apos;s algorithm?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;The only thing conspiratorial is that it wasn&apos;t mentioned in the article.  Hmmmm.</text></comment>
<story><title>The CIA and Jeff Bezos Bet on Quantum Computing</title><url>http://www.technologyreview.com/news/429429/the-cia-and-jeff-bezos-bet-on-quantum-computing/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jimwhitson</author><text>Would it be overly conspiratorial to suggest that the CIA and NSA are in fact interested in a large-scale implementation of Shor&apos;s algorithm? Perhaps I underestimate how much use intelligence agencies have for optimization...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sp332</author><text>I would be worried if they &lt;i&gt;weren&apos;t&lt;/i&gt; interested in Shor&apos;s algorithm. That&apos;s something that fits their mandate at least.</text></comment>