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OpenAI's AI cracks 372 unsolved maths problems, sparking fears the discipline could become obsolete

From the Newshound archive · first published 9 October 2026 · last updated 10 October 2026.

OpenAI's AI cracks 372 unsolved maths problems, sparking fears the discipline could become obsolete

OpenAI has published 722 papers containing full or partial solutions to 372 of the hardest unsolved problems in mathematics, including two of the seven Millennium Prize Problems — each worth $1 million. The release, already dubbed the 'mathpocalypse', has bitterly divided the academic world. AI systems have advanced from struggling with GCSE papers to PhD-level expertise in just two years.

OpenAI bypassed peer review entirely, dumping solutions directly onto code repository GitHub — with one mathematician warning it will 'destroy the mathematical community.'

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