AI Builds Simulator, Cracks Enigma in 2 Days

⊲ Tom’s Hardware ⊳ GPT-6 Astra has cracked an 85-year-old German Enigma message after autonomously selecting the cipher and developing its own Python and C++ Enigma simulator and Bombe software. The 82-letter message, sent in July 1941 and published online for enthusiasts in 2005, was deciphered within two days. Astra identified a probable plaintext clue from a related transmission, enabling it to determine the message, which requested a route of march and an immediate radio response from Rosenow.
⊲ Astra writing working Enigma and Bombe software as a first step, unprompted, suggests simulators may increasingly be built by AI as a means to an end. ⊳
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