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17 Oct 20267 Jumada I 1448 AH
Claude from Anthropic Solves 25-Year-Old Cryptography Puzzle in 30 Minutes

Claude from Anthropic Solves 25-Year-Old Cryptography Puzzle in 30 Minutes

Anthropic's AI model Claude has successfully solved a 25-year-old cryptography puzzle. The mysterious seeds behind NIST's standard curves for digital signatures were provided by the NSA without explanation, raising long-standing suspicions about potential backdoors. Claude figured out in under 30 minutes that the seeds originated from a simple C random number generator known as "lrand48," making deliberate backdoors much less likely. This discovery showcases Claude's ability to analyze complex data quickly and efficiently.

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