[Cryptography] "Anthropic A.I. Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms"

[Jerry Leichter]

It's a faster attack on a weakened version of AES.  Also mentioned is some kind of an attack on a proposed post-quantum protocol (HAWK).

Gift link to the NY Times article about this below.  Obviously the Times is not the place to learn any technical details.  Anyone come across a deeper description?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/politics/anthropic-ai-encryption-security-aes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.VL6S.yU2IteGyRauc&smid=url-share
                                                        -- Jerry