Unchained · Tuesday, August 25, 2026
A competition launched by Igenlayer tasked AI to find an algorithm that could break current cryptography, and it was reportedly solved within 48 hours. This development highlights the increasing effectiveness of AI in advancing quantum computing capabilities and algorithmic improvements.
“The interesting thing since then happened that Igenlayer launched a competition, uh, for everybody's AI to compete and to find that algorithm. And, uh, they effectively found and beat it within, uh, I think 48 hours.”
“And all of this is also accelerated by AI. AI is a very, very powerful tool, uh, when it comes to doing research, uh, and especially when you have like something that is very systematic, uh, such as like improving the complexity of, uh, Shor's algorithm.”