r/math banned AI-assisted math posts, then let an RSA-260 thread slip through
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-09
- airkatakana reports that Reddit's r/math has banned discussion of any AI-assisted mathematical discoveries.
- Yet one thread was allowed to stay up: moderators genuinely believed it, assuming the RSA-260 prime factor was found by "sampling random primes" — allegedly tied to an AI-assisted breakthrough.
- A delicious irony: the forum banning AI content is the one that let a real (or hoax) AI result past, unrecognised.
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