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OpenAI Claims More Than 100 Solutions to Unsolved Math Problems as Mathematicians Object

Oct 07, 2026
WIRED
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Summary

OpenAI says it will release more than 100 solutions to long-standing unsolved math problems on GitHub on Tuesday, a claim made by spokesperson Lindsay McCallum. NYU's Tristan Buckmaster accuses the company of front-running his unpublished Millennium Prize work with Anthropic's Levent Alpöge. Northwestern's Bryna Kra says OpenAI ignored requests to publish papers instead of blog posts.

Key Points

  • OpenAI plans to release more than 100 solutions to long-standing unsolved math problems on GitHub on Tuesday, spokesperson Lindsay McCallum says.
  • NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster accuses OpenAI of front-running his unpublished Millennium Prize work with Anthropic employee Levent Alpöge.
  • Northwestern mathematician Bryna Kra says OpenAI ignored requests to publish papers instead of blog posts and has not changed its behavior.

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