Academics slam Meta's math PR: ellipsoid-fitting proof was already public before announcement
KordingLab · x · 2026-10-04
Researcher KrzakalaF called Meta's announcement on AI solving open math problems 'outrageous framing,' arguing that for the ellipsoid-fitting example there was an established research programme, substantial rigorous progress, and publicly available proofs of the exact threshold before Meta's announcement — making the claim of a genuinely open problem misleading. SuryaGanguli shared it as the difference between industry PR and rigorous academic discussion.
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