GPT-6 Astra Cracks 85-Year-Old Enigma

🔥 What happened OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra independently cracked the Enigma message MVUEH from July 10, 1941 – a cipher that had resisted all human attempts since 2005. The AI achieved the break in just two days, after autonomously identifying archive sources at the German Bundesarchiv and building its own Enigma Bombe software. 💡 Why it matters The AI didn't just find the key – it also detected transcription errors in the original and a rare rotor turnover at the 72nd letter. For comparison: a human cryptanalyst spent weeks on similar archive research – GPT-6 Astra did everything autonomously in 48 hours. ⚡ Our take When an AI solves historical cryptography by doing archive research and building its own tools, that's not a benchmark win – that's the moment agents start doing real research work. The question is no longer if, but when they take our jobs.