Solving math problems

From the Newspaper Published October 12, 2026 Updated October 12, 2026 06:49am

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OpenAI’s agents, powered by an unreleased model, solved at least 372 long-standing mathematical problems in a matter of weeks, representing research at an unprecedented scale and speed over 700 AI-generated papers, reports The Economist

Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, October 12th, 2026

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