OpenAI announces discoveries in maths, computer science and physics
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On 27 October 2026, The Verge reported that OpenAI has announced three "major" discoveries in maths, computer science and physics, and is trying to have outside experts check them. According to the report, in computer science OpenAI says it has proved that the long widely believed Exponential Time Hypothesis (ETH) is false; in maths, OpenAI says it has given a proof of the local smoothing conjecture in all dimensions, and thereby solved the Kakeya conjecture and the Stein restriction conjecture. The report does not disclose the specifics of the physics discovery or the outcome of the outside expert review.
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- The Verge · AISelectedOpenAI announces three big science discoveries and a new way to work with academics
Less than a month after its mass release of hundreds of manuscripts that it said contained solutions to long-standing mathematics questions, OpenAI is back with three more "major" discoveries in math, computer science, and physics.
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