{"slug": "did-ai-crack-a-370-year-old-cipher", "title": "Did AI Crack A 370 Year Old Cipher?", "summary": "An AI system reportedly cracked a 370-year-old cipher in 44 minutes, according to Forbes contributor Ron Schmelzer, who wrote that the harder question is whether the AI discovered the answer, remembered it, or merely guessed well. The claim raises unresolved questions about whether the result constitutes genuine decryption or a lucky guess.", "body_md": "# Did AI Crack A 370 Year Old Cipher?\n\nBy Ron Schmelzer, ContributorSource: \n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)\nAI may have cracked a 370-year-old cipher in 44 minutes. The harder question is whether it discovered the answer, remembered it, or merely guessed well.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/did-ai-crack-a-370-year-old-cipher", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/did-ai-crack-a-370-year-old-cipher-82zq", "published_at": "2026-09-15 13:31:48+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-15 14:13:56.405690+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Forbes", "Ron Schmelzer"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/did-ai-crack-a-370-year-old-cipher", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/did-ai-crack-a-370-year-old-cipher.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/did-ai-crack-a-370-year-old-cipher.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/did-ai-crack-a-370-year-old-cipher.jsonld"}}