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  "id": 11272360,
  "title": "Napoleon’s 217-year-old coded message ‘cracked by AI’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/napoleons-217-year-old-coded-message-cracked-by-ai-11272360",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-01T20:22:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
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  "summary": "The contents of the letter had remained a mystery since it was sent to one of his senior generals in 1809.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Napoleon’s 217-year-old coded message ‘cracked by AI’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/napoleons-217-year-old-coded-message-cracked-by-ai",
        "published": "2026-10-01T20:22:43.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}