GPT-6 Astra Solves WWI German Radio Cipher

GPT-6 Astra deciphered a previously unsolved German ADFGVX radio cipher transmitted on Nov 27, 1918, with the plaintext suggesting an English cruiser reached Sevastopol. It used the key TRUPPENVERSCHIEBUNG, marking a new case of AI-assisted historical cryptanalysis.

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