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Summary: OpenAI’s ‘embarrassing’ math Crunch

1. OpenAI's claim that GPT-5 found solutions to previously unsolved math problems has been debunked as misrepresentative, according to mathematician Thomas Bloom.
2. The problems were listed as "open" on Bloom's website due to his personal unawareness of any published solutions, not because they lacked solutions.
3. OpenAI researchers, including Kevin Weil and Sebastien Bubeck, have acknowledged that GPT-5 only found references to solutions in existing literature, but they still view this as a significant accomplishment due to the difficulty of searching the literature.
Summary
Claim of GPT-5 solving unsolved math problems debunked as misleading, according to mathematician Thomas Bloom. The problems listed as open on his website were not truly unsolvable but unpublished; GPT-5 found references to existing solutions in literature, a significant feat for its literature
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URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/19/openais-embarrassing-math/#summary

Date: Oct. 20, 2025

Notes: 2025-10-20

Created: 2025/10/20 04:12

Updated: 2025/12/07 23:54

Last Read: 2025/10/20 07:29

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