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Hacker News |Technology |Sep 13, 2026

AI model cracks 17th-century cipher left unsolved for centuries

A longstanding cryptographic puzzle first published in the 17th century and listed among the top unsolved encrypted messages has been deciphered by an artificial intelligence model. The solution was achieved after 44 minutes of processing by Fable 5.