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The Register · November 10, 2026 · On the brief until November 24, 2026

Google DeepMind melds humans and AI agents to vet Signal's secure messaging techniques

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Generating formal verification code for cryptographic implementations

Google DeepMind used AI agents to formally verify parts of Signal's messaging protocol in Lean. The agents generated millions of lines of proof code across four weeks to validate forward secrecy and authentication. This workflow shifts the primary difficulty in formal methods from producing proofs to writing software specifications.

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As AI automates proof generation, practitioners face the challenge of defining correct specifications while accounting for theoretical assumptions about perfect cryptography.

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