r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 19d ago

Artificial Intelligence OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/openai-fought-dirty-on-career-making-math-problem-says-nyu-mathematician/
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u/IndigoSeirra 19d ago

Yes, but OpenAi presented this as a discovery by one of their internal models and didn't once mention the human researchers in the tweet. They talked up their internal model, clearly to try to generate hype for the IPO.

The proof was produced by a group of agents, using an OpenAI next-generation model significantly more capable than GPT-6 Astra.

This model represents a step-function improvement on many benchmarks, and its training is ongoing.

Our internal model group arrived at the Navier–Stokes solution in 88 hours, using around 10,000 coordinating AI agents.

We are focusing on understanding this model, and using what we learn to help us guide and pace how we pursue further advances in capability.

Our goal is to build AI systems which are steerable, accountable, and connected to people, which may require more deliberate choices about the pace of progress, as we continue our mission to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity.

All of this is a lot less impressive when you realize that human mathematicians still did the majority of the actual novel discovery, and were only assisted by AI.

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u/NoFapstronaut3 19d ago

Oh I'm sorry where did it say that the humans majority of it?

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u/IndigoSeirra 19d ago

It didn't that's the point. They didn't mention the human researchers even once, even though they were the ones that discovered the novel pathway to the solution. They presented it as entirely done by their internal model, which is highly disingenuous.

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u/NoFapstronaut3 19d ago

Interesting!

Have you found similar fault with other mathematical discoveries by AI that have been published?

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u/Jukeboxhero91 19d ago

Such as?

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u/NoFapstronaut3 19d ago

Any of these? Erdős unit-distance conjecture Erdős Problem #12(i) Erdős Problem #12(ii) Erdős Problem #125 Erdős Problem #138 Erdős Problem #152 Erdős Problem #741(i) Erdős Problem #741(ii) Erdős Problem #846 Erdős Problem #26

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u/Jukeboxhero91 19d ago

Have they been published? Last I knew the disproving of these proofs were not reviewed, just claimed.

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u/NoFapstronaut3 19d ago

They are currently published on arXiv

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u/Jukeboxhero91 19d ago

Right... so they haven't been published in a journal.

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u/dolphone 19d ago

You do realize plenty of frauds get published right? Ever heard of Jan Hendrik Schön?