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Bloomberg developer says OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra (Extra High) decrypted 1941 Enigma message
Carter Leffen of Bloomberg reports he used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra (Extra High) together with specialized AI agents and custom code to decrypt an 82-character Wehrmacht radio message (archived as MVUEH) from July 10, 1941 in about ten hours; Leffen published code, search data and a 3D Enigma simulator for independent review, but experts have yet to confirm the result.
KEY POINTS
- Carter Leffen of Bloomberg reports he used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra (Extra High) together with specialized AI agents and custom code to decrypt an 82-character Wehrmacht radio message (archived as MVUEH) from July 10, 1941 in about ten hours; Leffen published code, search data and a 3D Enigma simulator for independent review, but experts have yet to confirm the result.
- If validated, the claim illustrates how advanced foundation models can orchestrate multi-step historical cryptanalysis workflows and accelerate problems once considered intractable, while underscoring the need for independent verification and provenance checks.
- OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra decrypts a Nazi radio message in ten hours that went unsolved for 83 years
WHY IT MATTERS
If validated, the claim illustrates how advanced foundation models can orchestrate multi-step historical cryptanalysis workflows and accelerate problems once considered intractable, while underscoring the need for independent verification and provenance checks.