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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 back to life●Show HN: A working 3D model of an Enigma machine
A developer has built a working 3D simulation of the Enigma machine, letting users operate the famous World War II German cipher device in a browser. The model reproduces the rotor mechanics and encryption behavior of the original hardware, and Hacker News readers are sharing memories of the codebreaker's history and discussing the accuracy of the simulation.