OpenAI reportedly solved 92 of the 500 most important open math problems in one GitHub push
altryne · x · 2026-10-10
Podcast host altryne teases a new live episode (Thu Oct 15, 8:30am PT) and cites @ldjconfirmed's count that OpenAI just solved 92 of the 500 most important open math problems in a single GitHub push. Some mathematicians are 'grieving' the result, while Peter Gostev asks whether this means math itself is now useless. Show notes and all links in the original post.
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