OpenAI's Math Breakthroughs Rattle Cryptography Leaders

OpenAI's release of more than 300 math results solved by an internal model has alarmed leading cryptographers. They worry that continued AI advances in mathematics could yield algorithms that make current internet encryption — from payments to messaging apps like WhatsApp — easier to crack.

• OpenAI says its internal model solved more than 300 math problems
• Cryptographers fear AI could find ways to break encryption without a private key
• Whitfield Diffie: a year is probably too soon, five may not be
• Modern internet security rests on the difficulty of reversing crypto operations