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OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’

Tuesday, September 8, 2026


OpenAI announced that its AI system made progress on a Millennium Prize Problem, one of seven unsolved mathematical questions identified by the Clay Mathematics Institute. The institute offers a $1 million prize for the solution to each problem. OpenAI did not specify which problem or provide peer-reviewed verification of the claim. Mathematicians have not yet independently confirmed the company's statement.

Original reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/science/openai-proof-millennium-problem.html

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