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

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  1. mmsc · · focus · HN ↗
    For anybody interested, the actual encrypted message:

      BTTE UM ANGABE DES MARSQWEGES X BEFINDE MIQ IN X ROSENOW ROSENOW X SOFORT FUNKANTWORT X WASCHBBSCH
    which, given misspellings, translates approximately to:

      Please specify the route of march. I am in Rosenow, Rosenow. Immediate reply by radio. Waschbusch.
    1. thm · · focus · HN ↗
      The place is Rosenau actually.
      1. Y-bar · · focus · HN ↗
        I believe Germans spell it achtually.
        1. Betelbuddy · · focus · HN ↗
          Your account will be flagged for using humor, we are only dealing here, with the very serious subject, of killing humanity with AI.
          1. TeMPOraL · · focus · HN ↗
            Even the "with AI" is superfluous here, given the subject matter.
        2. MostlyStable · · focus · HN ↗
          Ich glaube, dass Deutsche buchstabieren es "aktuelle", eigentlich.

          (apologies for my broken learner German, I decided not to use a translator).

          1. td2 · · focus · HN ↗
            Aktuell is a german word, but not for actually

            Aktuell means current. Not sure if a exact german translation exist for that word. Tatsächlich maybe

            1. LtdJorge · · focus · HN ↗
              Yep, "actual" is Spanish for current, too. A false friend.
              1. jhoechtl · · focus · HN ↗
                Attention! In German a falscher Freund, false friend, is also used as a standing medical term for Flatus deceptor.
            2. BlobberSnobber · · focus · HN ↗
              I’d say “eigentlich”
      2. busssard · · focus · HN ↗
        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rosenow" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rosenow
        1. JBiserkov · · focus · HN ↗
          Did you mean <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;de.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rosenow" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;de.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Rosenow
        2. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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        3. tomjakubowski · · focus · HN ↗
          Different Rosenow. In July 1941 the SS was busy invading and beginning occupation of the Baltic states and western Russia.

          <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.maparchive.ru&#x2F;nara-doc&#x2F;Waffen-SS&#x2F;3_SS_PANZER-DIVISION_TOTENKOPF.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.maparchive.ru&#x2F;nara-doc&#x2F;Waffen-SS&#x2F;3_SS_PANZER-DIV...

          &gt; Daily reports and sketches pertaining to offensive engagements across Lithuania in the Gvardeysk and Ukmerge areas, 22-28 Jun; advance across Latvia and offensive operations in the Deguciai, Daugavpils, Zidina, and Dagda areas, 28 Jun-4 Jul; and invasion of Russia and offensive and mopping-up operations in the Rasina (Rosenow), Opochka, Isaki, Zaborov&#x27;ye, and Gorki areas, 5-19 Jul 1941. Also periodic division circuit diagrams, 29 Jun-18 Jul 1941, and data on enemy operations.

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