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OpenAI asks outside experts, including a Nobel laureate, to verify AI-generated proofs

OpenAI says its internal AI models have cracked three major open questions in mathematics, computer science and physics, including one tied to a Millennium Prize Problem. Outside experts, among them a Nobel laureate, are now checking whether the proofs hold up. The report says a valid computer science proof could undermine hundreds of research papers, but the claims remain unverified.

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Readers get an early look at a high-stakes expert verification process for claimed AI-generated proofs with implications across multiple research fields.

OpenAI says its internal AI models have cracked three major open questions in math, computer science, and physics. One of them is part of a famous Millennium Prize Problem, each of which carries a $1 million prize. Outside experts, including a Nobel laureate, are now checking whether the proofs hold up. If the computer science proof holds on its own, hundreds of research papers lose their foundation.

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