'Mixed feelings': AI cracks centuries-old ciphers

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Economic Times — Tech / Technology / Startups / ETTelecom at 16 Oct, 03:57 UTC

Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the wartime missive written in code, creating a puzzle that went unsolved for more than 200 years -- until AI cracked it in a matter of hours. Tomokiyo said that since mid-September, most of the ciphers on his list have been cracked using AI. "There remain some tough…