StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson: AI May Accelerate the Q-Day Quantum Threat Timeline
StefanoGogioso · x · 2026-10-12
StarkWare CEO and cryptographer Eli Ben-Sasson argues that Q-Day — the day quantum computers can break current encryption — was already a serious threat, and adding AI into the equation may shift the timeline, as AI accelerates algorithm and hardware research. Details in his linked thread.
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