OpenAI to dump 100+ unsolved math solutions on GitHub, angering mathematicians
nordicinst · x · 2026-10-07
WIRED reports OpenAI has again angered mathematicians: in August it convened 40 mathematicians, hinted its models had solved hundreds of longstanding problems, and assured attendees it wouldn't release everything at once—advice on publishing papers instead was apparently ignored.
- People familiar say OpenAI plans to drop hundreds of solutions on GitHub on Tuesday
- Part of tens of thousands of AI-generated math solutions this year
- Attendees recall claims that a new internal model resolved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize problem; one mathematician describes a "perception of mobster behavior"
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