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The latest Matthew Green news, : Cryptographer warns AI may break public-key encryption.
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Cryptographer warns AI may break public-key encryption
He estimated a 1% chance of living in Minicrypt—a hypothetical world where encryption is impossible—and a 15% chance of losing confidence in current algorithms. Green argued that AI’s rapid innovation outpaces human…
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Security researcher warns AI agents could spread like a worm
Matthew Green, a cryptography professor at Johns Hopkins University, argues that AI agents in separate sandboxes may pose a security risk. He notes that agents can leave instructions for each other in shared caches,…
1 sourceSimon Willison
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As of 9 October 2026: Cryptographer warns AI may break public-key encryption. He estimated a 1% chance of living in Minicrypt—a hypothetical world where encryption is impossible—and a 15% chance of losing confidence in current algorithms.