Scott Aaronson: AI labs are using internal models to attack core cryptographic protocols
skdh · x · 2026-10-08
Scott Aaronson reports that some AI companies are now using their latest internal models to attempt breaking 'important cryptographic protocols and primitives,' suggesting frontier-model math capabilities may be further along than publicly visible.
He flags a notable detail: cryptographic breakthroughs are strikingly under-represented among the 722 mathematical results OpenAI published, and says he has witnessed the US government censoring academic quantum cryptanalysis results — making backroom interventionism his base case.
Persistent rumors also suggest OpenAI's math release was only the first of three batches.
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