ChatGPT-6 Astra Cracks 108-Year-Old Unsolved WWI German Code
Andune88 · reddit · 2026-09-20
ChatGPT-6 Astra has reportedly decoded a WWI German radio message that had evaded cryptographers for 108 years, sharing enemy movement intelligence including a warning about the Crimean fleet. The decoding was verified against logs from HMS Canterbury, marking a notable case of LLM cryptanalysis capability.
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