{
  "id": 17757,
  "title": "AI helped produce two proofs for the same cryptography problem",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/ai-helped-produce-two-proofs-for-the-same-cryptography-problem",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-07-31T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Scientific American",
    "slug": "scientific-american",
    "url": "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-helped-produce-two-proofs-for-the-same-cryptography-problem/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}