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AI IntelligenceOct 17, 2026AI Intelligence
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Anthropic's AI model Claude has solved a 25-year-old cryptography puzzle.

The mysterious seeds behind NIST's standard curves for digital signatures were provided by the NSA without explanation, raising long-standing suspicion about built-in backdoors.

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Anthropic's AI model Claude has solved a 25-year-old cryptography puzzle. The mysterious seeds behind NIST's standard curves for digital signatures were provided by the NSA without explanation, raising long-standing suspicion about built-in backdoors.