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"How much beauty have we lost?" Mathematicians react with shock and disgust as OpenAI bulldozes their field

AchievementModelOct 10, 2026

On October 6, 2026, OpenAI released more than 700 manuscripts to GitHub claiming solutions to hundreds of open math problems, following earlier results unveiled with its Astra model. Over 100 researchers responded, expressing both admiration and distress; some papers were withdrawn or criticized as hard to read. Fields Medalist Peter Scholze urged patience, warned of potential risks to encryption, and emphasized that human understanding of mathematics remains the goal.

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