Altman: OpenAI sits on many unpublished math discoveries after spending hundreds of millions
kimmonismus · x · 2026-10-31
On the Cheeky Pint podcast, Sam Altman said OpenAI has spent hundreds of millions on math and is sitting on more discoveries than it has made public. He sympathizes with bewildered mathematicians but argues the world's right to new knowledge outweighs the disruption, while admitting communication needs improvement. Commenters speculate releases may be timed against Anthropic's IPO.
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