The Claude large language model was used by the AI platform Fable to crack the Cyphral Distich, a cipher dating back 370 years. The decryption process utilized generative AI to identify patterns in historical cryptology to resolve the puzzle, marking a success for AI applied to ancient coded texts.

Historians are utilizing artificial intelligence to translate old handwritten records and solve historical mysteries. Ethan Mollick advocated for the creation of a bank of these ciphers to test AI capabilities, proposing that tools such as Linear AI be used for further historical research.