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GPT-6 Astra said to have cracked 217-year-old Napoleonic code in six hours

Original: GPT-6 Astra cracks 217-year-old Napoleonic code in six hours

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra reportedly deciphered a 217-year-old Napoleonic-era encrypted message in just six hours from a single prompt. The system is said to have solved 24 rows of custom symbols from one image, revealing lost French troop orders from the Napoleonic wars. The claim is drawing attention from historians and AI watchers, with discussion focusing on what such rapid codebreaking means for cryptography, archival research and the reliability of AI-generated historical readings.

Why now: People are talking because an AI system reportedly solved a centuries-old encrypted message that resisted human codebreakers, in only six hours.

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