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

738 points · 448 comments · sohkamyung

peesem · 1790086414 · focus · HN ↗
interesting, YouTube channel Veritasium just published a video on how Enigma was broken during WWII. at the very end they also give message that has yet to be decoded, although apparently they're different.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsBZOcqZerk" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsBZOcqZerk
1. Perz1val · 1790093295 · focus · HN ↗
  Maybe both watched Tom Scott a month ago about Bletchley Park?
  1. globular-toast · 1790173164 · focus · HN ↗
    This is a much more interesting video than the Veritasium one IMO. I mean, if you don't already know anything about Enigma then, sure, the Veritasium one is decent. But it's been done so many times and who doesn't know it at this point? Somehow, though, I hadn't understood the scale of the operation at the Park and how it was kept secret that whole time. The bits about compartmentalisation of knowledge were particularly interesting.

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