OpenAI insiders hint at huge math capability overhang: models could be far better but aren't a focus
pwlot · x · 2026-09-07
Jeff Ladish relays that OpenAI's merettm said the lab could make its models much better at math but hasn't because it's not a focus — implying the recent unprecedented math progress could go further. pwlot adds there are "lots and lots of overhang."
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