AI helped produce two proofs for the same cryptography problem
An M.I.T. Ph.D. student and two University of California system cryptographers used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra in different ways, raising new questions about independent discovery and scientific credit
Two research teams utilized artificial intelligence to independently solve a complex cryptography problem, raising questions about scientific credit and discovery. MIT Ph.D. student Seyoon Ragavan and a duo of University of California-based cryptographers employed GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra to tackle the same open question in quantum cryptography.
The two papers detailing their proofs were submitted to arXiv.org just three hours apart. This near-simultaneous achievement highlights how AI is reshaping scientific research, potentially accelerating the discovery of solutions to longstanding problems.
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