OpenAI reportedly near solving Millennium Prize math problem Hodge Conjecture with next-gen model 'Doug'
kimmonismus · x · 2026-09-18
Per The Information, OpenAI is close to solving the Hodge Conjecture, one of the Millennium Prize Problems, reportedly using a variant of its next pre-trained model codenamed "Doug". OpenAI sees mathematics as the next step toward automating AI research: better math capabilities could help AI develop new AI techniques and improve future models.
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