OpenAI makes breakthrough in 80-year-old math problem with ‘ingenious ideas’

The puzzle poses a deceptively simple question that boils down to: How many pairs of dots on a piece of paper can be the same ...
Nature

AI cracks 80-year-old mathematics challenge — researchers are astonished

An 80-year-old challenge in geometry has been cracked by an artificial-intelligence chatbot after a single prompt from mathematicians at the technology firm OpenAI. The company, based in San Francisco ...
eWeek

OpenAI’s Model Solves 80-Year-Old Math Problem

OpenAI says an AI reasoning model disproved an 80-year-old Erdős geometry conjecture, raising new questions about AI’s role ...
Interesting Engineering

80-year-old geometry mystery cracked by OpenAI using deep number theory

OpenAI has revealed a breakthrough proof that overturns a nearly 80-year-old geometry conjecture posed by Paul Erdős.
AOL

10 Hard Math Problems That Even the Smartest People in the World Can’t Crack

In September 2019, news broke regarding progress on this 82-year-old question, thanks to prolific mathematician Terence Tao. And while the story of Tao’s breakthrough is promising, the problem isn’t ...