A German science blogging portal, Scienceblogs.de, had listed the cipher as one of 50 unsolved ciphers, ranging from cryptograms published by serial killers to the famous Voynich manuscript. The ADFGVX method, used by the Germans to encrypt radio messages, is a complex encryption technique that uses a table to replace letters with symbols.
The cipher in question was originally transmitted on November 27, 1918, and had eluded efforts to solve it, including by codebreaking expert George Lasry. However, the GPT-6 Astra model was able to crack the code using the encryption word "TRUPPENVERSCHIEBUNG", as described in J. Rives Childs's "The History and Principles of German Military Ciphers, 1914–1918".
The decoded message reads: "AN ENGLISH CRUISER ARRIVED AT SEVASTOPOL ON THE ?4TH AN ALLIED SQUADRON FOLLOWS ON THE 26TH". The model's hypothesis is that the cipher was previously unsolved because the encryption word "TRUPPENVERSCHIEBUNG" was used as the key starting on December 9, 1918, whereas the message was transmitted earlier, on November 27, 1918.
The GPT-6 Astra model's solution was verified by checking the original logs of the English cruiser HMS Canterbury, which arrived in Sevastopol on November 24, 1918. An allied squadron did indeed follow on November 26, as mentioned in the decoded message.
This achievement demonstrates the capabilities of the GPT-6 Astra model in cracking complex ciphers and highlights the importance of artificial intelligence in codebreaking. The model's ability to optimize its search and analysis processes, similar to techniques used in answer engine optimization, allowed it to successfully decode the cipher.
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