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September 17, 2026
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Bloomberg Developer Says OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Cracked an 83-Year-Old Nazi Enigma Message in 10 Hours

Carter Leffen, a product development coach at Bloomberg LP, says he used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to decrypt an 82-character Enigma-encrypted Wehrmacht radio message from July 1941 that had gone unsolved for 83 years. The AI agent reportedly spent about 10 hours building an Enigma simulator, testing keys, and cross-checking results before landing on a decryption confirmed by an archived message header.