<p>The convergence of quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI) introduces both opportunities and risks for modern cryptographic systems. This review synthesizes peer-reviewed work from 2010 to 2025 using a PRISMA-inspired methodology to examine Quantum Artificial Intelligence (QAI) as a dual-use paradigm in cryptographic security. Conceptually, the study proposes a framework that characterizes QAI both as a defensive enabler and a potential attack amplifier across key distribution, randomness generation, and intrusion detection, and it analyzes how QAI reshapes the traditional separation between post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum key distribution (QKD) by adding an adaptive “learning layer” on top of classical and quantum protocols. Analytically, the review shows that QAI-enhanced schemes can improve key rates, entropy verification, and detection accuracy in realistic settings, while also enabling quantum-accelerated cryptanalysis and AI-optimized side-channel attacks. Representative case studies, including satellite-based QKD demonstrations, NIST PQC standardization efforts, QAI-based intrusion detection in 5G/6G networks, and blockchain-supported fraud detection, are used to ground these insights. The paper argues that QAI is expected to play an increasingly important role in shaping the future foundations of cryptographic trust in the quantum era. This paper does not report new experimental or deployment results; instead, it provides a PRISMA-inspired systematic review and a conceptual multi-layered security framework, together with a research agenda for QAI-enhanced cryptographic security.</p>

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Quantum artificial intelligence and cryptographic security from a quantum cryptography perspective

  • Muharrem Tuncay Gençoğlu

摘要

The convergence of quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI) introduces both opportunities and risks for modern cryptographic systems. This review synthesizes peer-reviewed work from 2010 to 2025 using a PRISMA-inspired methodology to examine Quantum Artificial Intelligence (QAI) as a dual-use paradigm in cryptographic security. Conceptually, the study proposes a framework that characterizes QAI both as a defensive enabler and a potential attack amplifier across key distribution, randomness generation, and intrusion detection, and it analyzes how QAI reshapes the traditional separation between post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum key distribution (QKD) by adding an adaptive “learning layer” on top of classical and quantum protocols. Analytically, the review shows that QAI-enhanced schemes can improve key rates, entropy verification, and detection accuracy in realistic settings, while also enabling quantum-accelerated cryptanalysis and AI-optimized side-channel attacks. Representative case studies, including satellite-based QKD demonstrations, NIST PQC standardization efforts, QAI-based intrusion detection in 5G/6G networks, and blockchain-supported fraud detection, are used to ground these insights. The paper argues that QAI is expected to play an increasingly important role in shaping the future foundations of cryptographic trust in the quantum era. This paper does not report new experimental or deployment results; instead, it provides a PRISMA-inspired systematic review and a conceptual multi-layered security framework, together with a research agenda for QAI-enhanced cryptographic security.