An Anthropic lattice break that halved HAWK’s dimension, and an IETF call for ML-DSA drafts that immediately invoked machine-assisted attacks, have turned AI from a future worry into a live input on which post-quantum algorithms survive standardization.
By tarpitThe agency plans a single private-key format for the upcoming HQC-KEM standard, departing from the dual formats allowed in ML-KEM.
By tarpitAfter citing a 7/10 figure among pre-existing participants to advance pure ML-KEM, the chairs told the European Commission's PQC lead they would not disclose numbers, weights, or methods.
By tarpitWhile the TLS working group pushed pure ML-KEM through last call, chairs repeatedly silenced the draft's most rigorous critic over a copyright protest footnote, as signals-intelligence participation went largely unexamined.
By tarpitAcross draft-ietf-tls-mlkem-05, -07, and -08 the working group split over whether an RFC for standalone post-quantum key establishment was necessary plumbing or a dangerous signal. On 19 July 2026 the chairs found rough consensus to advance it anyway.
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