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OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005

738 points · 448 comments · sohkamyung

  1. johndhi · · focus · HN ↗
    I'd be curious to see whether these models can create new forms of unbreakable encryption themselves!
    1. joelthelion · · focus · HN ↗
      They seem to be better at solving concrete problems than designing new things (at least for now)
      1. dgellow · · focus · HN ↗
        I believe an LLM can solve pretty much any problem for which we can define a fast iterative loop and for which we have reliable tools to automatically verify the correctness of a result. That’s how they are able to solve some math problems, and how they are able to generate working code. Then it’s a question of how much you have to pay for the model to explore the space of solutions in a reasonable timeframe
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