
OpenAI Disproves 80-Year Erdős Math Conjecture
An internal OpenAI reasoning model produced an original proof disproving the Erdős unit distance conjecture, the first time AI autonomously solved a major open problem in mathematics.
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An internal OpenAI reasoning model produced an original proof disproving the Erdős unit distance conjecture, the first time AI autonomously solved a major open problem in mathematics.

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