Independent Labs Crack Google's Cryptography Work

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Author: pseudolus

Date: 7/9/2026

Article Summary:
A Seattle-based startup, Eigen Labs, has used crowdsourcing and AI agents to match and surpass Google's results in cracking a classified quantum cryptography system, highlighting the potential for open agent-based science and the need to migrate to post-quantum cryptography.