A16Z · 2026-10-10 15:39 UTC

Can AI really break cryptography? Experts weigh in

OpenAI's AI math progress sparked concerns about cryptography security, but experts from Stanford and a16z crypto clarify that recent results contained no cryptography breakthroughs. Modern cryptography relies on the assumption that certain mathematical problems have no efficient solution; even smarter AI cannot find algorithms that don't exist. AI could accelerate cryptographic validation by compressing years of scrutiny into months, potentially building confidence in security assumptions faster than traditional methods.

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