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Astra and Opus just passed Turing’s other test
Friday, September 25, 2026
Two AI models, Astra and Opus, completed codebreaking work that Alan Turing began during World War II, according to a report on the development. The models processed encrypted messages and produced decrypted output matching historical records. Turing's original codebreaking efforts at Bletchley Park focused on breaking Enigma machine encryption used by Nazi Germany.
Original reporting: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/astra-and-opus-just-passed-turings-other-test/
