Researchers Slam Mainstream Media for Ignoring OpenAI's Math Breakthrough
Researchers criticized mainstream media, including Wired and The New York Times, for downplaying or ignoring OpenAI's claimed math breakthrough, with an economist archiving the NYT front page's silence as a moment for AI history.
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- Researcher slams Wired's 'ridiculous' coverage of a landmark math breakthrough — Afinetheorem · 2026-10-07
- Researchers slam media for ignoring OpenAI's math breakthrough: 'extreme avoidance behaviour' — dioscuri · 2026-10-07
- OpenAI's 'mathplosion' missed the NYT front page the very next day — joshgans · 2026-10-07
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