AI and GPUs Make Your Passwords Easier to Crack: A Study

This article summarizes research demonstrating that AI-driven techniques and modern GPUs (e.g., RTX 3090/4090 and large A100 clusters) significantly reduce the time required to crack common password types, provides a table of estimated crack times for various password complexities and GPUs, highlights AI tools like PassGAN that can quickly recover many common passwords, and recommends stronger passwords (12+ characters with mixed character sets) and adoption of passwordless authentication (e.g., passkeys, public-key methods) to mitigate the risk.