OpenAI claims it cracked a 90-year-old math problem, and one NYU professor isn't happy
Fireship · youtube · 2026-09-12
Fireship breaks down OpenAI's claim that it solved a roughly 90-year-old math problem, and the ensuing pushback: an NYU professor is openly unhappy about how the result is being framed. The video walks through both sides' arguments, the real scope of the achievement, and the broader skepticism about AI math-solves-it-all claims.
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