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Cybersecurity ‘red teams’ to UK government: AI is rubbish (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250811-cybersecurity-red-teams-to-uk-government-ai-is-rubbish - podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4kpW-pGuQ8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video

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[–] diz@awful.systems 16 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

The problem is that to start breaking encryption you need quantum computing with a bunch of qubits as originally defined and not "our lawyer signed off on the claim that we have 1000 qubits".

[–] aio@awful.systems 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

"Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog"

[–] Seminar2250@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

holy shit how have i never heard of this paper

thank you for sharing!

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

it's really recent. I think I saw it like 2 weeks ago? via the IACR toot feed iirc

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