A Manhattan Project-style tell: silence around OpenAI's math breakthrough fuels speculation
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-08
Arthur B draws an analogy to the Manhattan Project, where scientists publishing on fission suddenly went quiet: the lack of cryptographic results following OpenAI's claimed mathematical breakthrough could itself be a tell. Counter-evidence would be OpenAI publishing incremental, non-breakthrough improvements, suggesting normal research continues.
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