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Aaronson says OpenAI math release includes Unique Games proof
The blogger says one of OpenAI's 372 math results is a Lean-verified proof of the Unique Games Conjecture, a claim not yet independently checked.
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Scott Aaronson says OpenAI's 372 math results include a Lean-verified proof of the Unique Games Conjecture.
Scott Aaronson wrote on 8 October in a Shtetl-Optimized blog post that OpenAI's release of 372 math results includes a Lean-verified proof of the Unique Games Conjecture.
Aaronson said the proof is part of the release. He titled the post "The Mathocalypse".
He said his wife, complexity theorist Dana Moshkovitz, worked toward that result for her career.
OpenAI said most of the 372 results came from a single prompt, according to a report by AI Weekly published on 7 October.
Four experts tracked by this publication shared Aaronson's post within hours of its appearance.
The claim has not been independently verified. No outside expert has confirmed the proof or its Lean formalisation.
Outside mathematicians are expected to check the proof and the formalisation next.
Sources
- The Mathocalypse — Shtetl-Optimized (Scott Aaronson), 8 October 2026
- OpenAI says 372 math results came mostly from one prompt — AI Weekly, 7 October 2026