Rumour: OpenAI near verifying Hodge Conjecture, three Millennium Problems could fall in a month
josh_wills · x · 2026-09-11
- A rumour circulating claims OpenAI is very close to verifying the Hodge Conjecture, and that either OpenAI or Anthropic is close to solving Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer.
- If true, three Millennium Problems could fall within a month — though the rumour is unverified and the rumour mill is churning at unusual scale.
- Researcher Aran Nayebi: an AI proof of either via deep mathematics would meaningfully update his capability timelines and suggest the Riemann Hypothesis isn't far off; a massive counterexample instead would mean capabilities are where he expected.
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