OpenAI Blocks AI Agent After 33-Hour Attempt to Prove Fermat's Last Theorem
MikePFrank · x · 2026-07-25
A developer tasked an AI agent with finding a simplified proof for Fermat's Last Theorem. After spinning for about 33 hours, the run was abruptly blocked by OpenAI's safety guardrails. The developer later shared a postmortem of the event.
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