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29 JUL 2026 · Simon Willison

Right now we’re in the midst of a historic transition from traditional public-key algorithms based on EC-based cryptography and RSA, moving over to new post-quantum algorithms based on novel problems. This is why there are so many standards…

29 JUL 2026 · Hacker News · 187 pts · 113 comments ↗

Cryptographer Matthew Green discusses Anthropic's new cryptanalysis results, which include attacks on the signature scheme HAWK and reduced-round AES. The attacks demonstrate the capabilities of advanced models, but highlight the need for human verification and the limitations of current AI-powered cryptanalysis. AI summary