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GPT-6 Astra decodes 217-year-old Napoleonic cipher in six hours
Original: GPT-6 Astra cracks 217-year-old Napoleonic code in six hours
OpenAI's GPT-6 model, known as Astra, has reportedly deciphered a Napoleonic-era encrypted message that had gone unsolved for 217 years, cracking 24 rows of custom symbols from a single image and revealing lost French troop orders. Commenters on Hacker News are debating the claim, with some calling it a striking demonstration of AI reasoning on historical cryptography and others asking for independent verification of the decryption.
Why now: The claim that a single-prompt AI run solved a two-century-old military cipher is a striking advance that people are actively debating and verifying.
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