Anthropic’s Claude Mythos AI reportedly finds new attacks on cryptographic algorithms
luisdans · x · 2026-07-29
WatcherGuru reports that Anthropic's Claude Mythos AI found new ways to attack cryptographic algorithms, including a post-quantum encryption candidate. The post treats this as a security/research result: an AI system is being used to uncover weaknesses in cryptographic schemes rather than just benchmark language ability.
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