AI helped produce two proofs for the same cryptography problem
Scientific American
Two independent research teams used the same AI model to simultaneously solve a quantum cryptography problem.Summary
Two independent research teams recently submitted preprints to arXiv featuring proofs for the same open problem in quantum cryptography, specifically concerning unclonable encryption. Both Seyoon Ragavan from MIT and the team of Prabhanjan Ananth and Amit Sahai credited OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra model with generating the core ideas for their proofs. Although the papers have not been peer-reviewed, this near-simultaneous discovery highlights how advanced AI is transforming scientific research, raising new questions about independent discovery, attribution, and the future training of graduate students.
(Source：Scientific American)