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Enigma machine
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Posts claim that OpenAI's GPT-6, referred to as 'Astra', has decrypted an Enigma message that had gone unsolved since 2005, referencing the Breaking German Cipher Machine challenges site. Discussion centres on the claim that an AI model succeeded where human codebreakers had failed for two decades. The evidence available is a single headline, and details about how the message was cracked have not been confirmed from these posts.
- 2Interactive 3D model brings the Enigma machine to life●Show HN: A working 3D model of an Enigma machine
A developer has launched a working 3D model of the Enigma machine, the German cipher device used during World War II, playable directly in the browser. The project lets users encode and decode messages by operating a virtual version of the machine, complete with rotors and plugboard. It is drawing attention on Hacker News for combining historical accuracy with modern web design, and for making a piece of cryptographic history accessible to anyone curious about how the famous encryption device worked.