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The month AI started doing real mathematics
Two labs, days apart, used AI to produce genuinely new maths. How they did it matters more than that they did it.
Sunday 1 November 2026 · Updated 02:51 GMT
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OpenAI
Two labs, days apart, used AI to produce genuinely new maths. How they did it matters more than that they did it.
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