Codex starts encrypting prompts, uses ciphertext for inference instead

The lead

Codex starts encrypting prompts, uses ciphertext for inference instead is a developing story worth watching.

What shifts

For those following codex, starts, encrypting, prompts, uses, this report from Hacker News introduces a variable that could shift existing calculations.

The wider picture

Earlier reporting from Hacker News and comparable outlets sketched the conditions that would eventually produce an event like this.

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The editorial line

We follow codex, starts, encrypting, prompts, uses for the questions that stories like this force into the open, not just for the answers they provide.