OpenAI claims AI proof of Quantum Yang-Mills existence; David Gross-led committee to verify Lean proof
danintheory · x · 2026-11-05
KITP issued the second statement from its Yang-Mills Working Group: a committee chaired by Nobel laureate David Gross, with Michael Douglas, Arthur Jaffe, Igor Klebanov, and Nikita Nekrasov, is vetting OpenAI's claimed AI result on the existence of quantum chromodynamics and Standard Model completions, including a proof that Quantum Yang-Mills theory exists (a Clay Millennium problem).
- Current focus: checking the Lean formalization of pure Yang-Mills existence — definitions match physics/math standards, formalization aligns with the informal argument;
- The Lean proof may be released as early as next week; LLM-produced material will be announced a day before release;
- The committee takes no academic credit for AI discoveries; participation is voluntary and unpaid, with strict conflict-of-interest rules.
Arguably the highest-stakes AI-for-science verification process yet: a Millennium-Problem-level result produced by an LLM and vetted by top physicists.
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