Oct 18, 2026Tech News🎙️ Claude Cracks NSA's 25-Year-Old Cipher Mystery, Yet Replit Ditches Anthropic for a New Partner | AI Daily PodcastAn NSA elliptic curve mystery that has puzzled cryptographers for 25 years was cracked by Anthropic's Claude in under 30 minutes today, with a surprisingly mundane answer. Even more dramatic: Replit, which heavily endorsed Claude just last month, announced today it's switching its default model to OpenAI. Taiwan has also introduced new criminal penalties for AI chip export violations. As for what bizarre behavior an AI agent exhibited when stranded on a virtual desert island, we'll tell you in a moment.
Oct 18, 2026AI International News FlashTrump Calls Off Sanctions Two Days Before Deadline, Here's How Zelensky Responded | AI World News FlashTrump abruptly signed an exemption order two days before the new sanctions were set to take effect, and in a moment I'll tell you how Zelensky and members of Congress responded. Today we'll also look at whether the Fed truly held steady at its October meeting, plus the latest track as Typhoon Champi strengthens into a category-four storm heading straight for Guam. Large-scale protests and arson also broke out on French streets yesterday. I'm Muyan, here to help you make sense of today's world.
