Anthropic’s Mythos frontier model has been used to probe quantum-resistant encryption, successfully weakening the HAWK algorithm and a weaker version of AES in just one week. The findings do not affect today’s systems, but they show how AI could accelerate future attacks on the cryptographic protections that secure digital transactions and data. #Anthropic #Mythos #HAWK #AES #NIST
Keypoints
- Mythos was directed to test encryption designed to resist quantum computing attacks.
- The model successfully degraded HAWK and a weaker version of AES.
- Anthropic’s researchers guided mostly autonomous work over the course of one week.
- The results show AI can help find weaknesses in future security algorithms faster than humans.
- Encryption remains essential for banking, communications, and confidential data protection.
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