AI just helped researchers figure out that quantum computers could break encryption sooner than we thought

[Static Estuary]

Researchers at Google and a startup called Oratomic published findings that suggest the timeline for a quantum computer capable of breaking standard internet encryption may be shorter than experts previously believed. What makes this unusual is that AI was instrumental in developing the key algorithm, according to one of the paper authors. Cloudflare, which protects a huge chunk of internet traffic, responded within days by moving its own preparation deadline forward to 2029. Experts described the findings as a real shock and said efforts to switch to quantum-safe encryption will need to speed up considerably.
AI Helped Spark a Quantum Breakthrough. The World 'Is Not Prepared'

https://time.com/article/2026/04/07/ai-quantum-computing-advance/

[SwiftQuarry]

AI helping crack the problem of how to crack encryption is quite the sentence to read on a Tuesday morning

[TheRock]

Cloudflare moving its deadline up to 2029 is the part that should get peoples attention. These are the people whose job it is to know

[Paige_68]

Would be nice if the paper actually explained how the algorithm works instead of just proving it does. Security through obscurity is not a plan

[Static Estuary]

Every few months another paper moves the goalposts. At some point somebody needs to just build the thing so we can stop guessing