“We spent $20 million, $50 million trying to break this scheme… and we have more conviction about its confidence than you could probably get from the conventional process in a decade”

The a16z Show · Can AI Break Cryptography? What the Experts Actually Think

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spent $20-$50 million to run an unrestricted, highly capable AI model for a month attempting to break a new cryptographic scheme

$20-$50 million, one month

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