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How Many Guesses Does It Take to Crack an AI's "Random" Number?

L4 · DeveloperResearchTowards Data Science· 10/15/2026

Technical analysis of model internals useful for developers working with model security and randomization capabilities.

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A researcher analyzed logits from open models to measure their random number generation predictability by calculating bits of entropy and guesses-to-crack metrics.

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I read the exact answer distribution from the logits of open models, base and instruction-tuned, and turned it into bits and guesses-to-crack. The post How Many Guesses Does It Take to Crack an AI's "Random" Number? appeared first on Towards Data Science.

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