Google sets artificial intelligence loose on inventing encryption methods

Humans have already demonstrated the ability to create some seriously secure encryption algorithms, but that wasn't enough for the Google Brain team. So, instead of relying on those soft, mushy human brains, Google engineers decided to let a trio of AI minds put their own encryption skills to the test. Starting with three different AIs named Alice, Bob, and Eve, Google gave specific goals to each: Alice was tasked with sending Bob a message, and it was Eve's job to intercept and decode it. Both Alice and Bob were given matching keys with which to encode and decode their conversation, while Eve had to attempt to translate the encrypted message into plaintext without the key. At first, neither of the AI recipients were able to successfully decode the message with any degree of reliability, but soon Bob cracked the code with the help of his key.