AI & Tech Developments - Mar 31

Today is a monumentous day for quantum computing and cryptography. Two breakthrough papers just landed (links in next tweet). Both papers improve Shor's algorithm, infamous for cracking RSA and elliptic curve cryptography. The two results compound, optimising separate layers of

— @drakefjustin

This is wild. Google Research demonstrates a ~20x more efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm that could break ECDSA keys within minutes with ~500K physical qubits. Google is now are more confident on a 2029 post-quantum transition.

— @hosseeb

A tiny piece of code called axios runs inside almost every app on your phone and every website you visit. Developers download it 100 million times a week. A few hours ago, someone poisoned it with malware that hands an attacker full control of your computer.

— @anishmoonka

do you understand what just happened to one of the most used npm packages on the internet? → axios gets downloaded over 100 million times a week and today it got compromised → an attacker hijacked the npm credentials of a lead axios maintainer… changed the account email to

— @kloss_xyz

Google has sounded the quantum alarm Today, they released groundbreaking progress towards breaking crypto using a quantum computer. TLDR - Existing cryptography is dead. Mempool attacks are real. We must migrate to post-quantum now.

— @projecteleven

Many are wondering "what Google saw" that caused them to revise their post-quantum cryptography transition deadline to 2029 last week. It was this:

— @nic_carter

Breakthrough papers on Shor's algorithm could revolutionize quantum computing and cryptography.

— @drakefjustin

Google Research demonstrates a significantly more efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm, potentially breaking ECDSA keys in minutes.

— @hosseeb

A critical npm package, axios, was compromised with malware that could give attackers full control over systems.

— @anishmoonka

axios, a widely used npm package, was hijacked, raising serious security concerns.

— @kloss_xyz

Google has made significant progress towards breaking crypto using quantum computing, urging a transition to post-quantum solutions.

— @projecteleven

Google revised its post-quantum cryptography transition deadline to 2029, indicating urgency in security measures.

— @nic_carter

Do not npm install or deploy anything right now. Supply chain attack on axios 1.14.1 - even if you don’t use axios it may be a nested dep. Pin versions or wait until this is resolved.

— @wesbos

Ollama is now updated to run the fastest on Apple silicon, powered by MLX, Apple's machine learning framework. This change unlocks much faster performance to accelerate demanding work on macOS: - Personal assistants like OpenClaw - Coding agents like Claude Code, OpenCode.

— @ollama