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Anthropic's Claude AI solves 25-year NSA cryptography mystery

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Anthropic's AI model, Claude, reportedly solved a 25-year-old cryptography mystery involving the NSA. The AI identified the seeds used in NIST's P-256 and other ECDSA curves, tracing them back to a 1990s random number generator. This breakthrough was achieved in less than 30 minutes. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates advanced reasoning and problem-solving capabilities in AI, potentially impacting fields requiring complex pattern recognition and code analysis.

RANK_REASON AI model demonstrates novel research capability by solving a long-standing cryptography problem. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Anthropic's Claude AI solves 25-year NSA cryptography mystery

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · madrobotblog ·

    Claude cracked a 25-year NSA cryptography mystery in under half an hour, Anthropic says Anthropic says Claude traced the NSA seeds behind NIST’s P-256 and other

    Claude cracked a 25-year NSA cryptography mystery in under half an hour, Anthropic says Anthropic says Claude traced the NSA seeds behind NIST’s P-256 and other ECDSA curves to a 1990s random number generator seeded by the clock. # Claude # Cryptography # AI https:// madrobot.blo…

    LINKS madrobot.blog/…/claude-nist-ecdsa-curve-s…

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