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OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra reportedly deciphers 83-year-old Nazi radio message

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A Bloomberg developer has reportedly used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to decipher an 83-year-old Nazi radio message. The 82-character message, sent by a Wehrmacht soldier in 1941, inquired about a march route. The claimed decryption, which took ten hours, awaits independent verification. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates potential for advanced AI models in historical analysis and code-breaking tasks.

RANK_REASON The item describes a specific application of an AI model for a historical decryption task, rather than a new model release or core research.

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OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra reportedly deciphers 83-year-old Nazi radio message

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  1. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Matthias Bastian ·

    OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra decrypts a Nazi radio message in ten hours that went unsolved for 83 years

    <p><img alt="" class="attachment-full size-full wp-post-image" height="768" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/gpt6_astra_engima.png" style="height: auto; margin-bottom: 10px;" width="1376" /></p> <p> A Bloomberg developer claims to have cracked an 83-year-ol…

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