“Awkward” mathematics for OpenAI | TechCrunch

“Uploaded by their GPTards.”

That’s how Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, puts it described Backlash after OpenAI researchers score victory over supposed GPT-5 math hacks.

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis He added“This is embarrassing.”

Decoder Reports That in a since-deleted tweet, OpenAI Vice President Kevin Weil announced that “GPT-5 has found solutions to ten (!) previously unsolved Erdős problems and has made progress on 11 more.” (“Erdös Problems” are Famous guesses Introduced by mathematician Paul Erdös.)

However, mathematician Thomas Bloom, who confirms Erdos problems websiteSharing Will Kahn said “Dramatic twist” Although these problems are actually listed as “open” on Bloom’s website, he said that only means “I personally am not aware of a paper that solves them.”

In other words, it is not accurate to claim that GPT-5 was able to solve previously unsolved problems. Instead, Bloom wrote, “GPT-5 found references that solved these problems, which I personally was not aware of.”

Sebastian Bobeck, an OpenAI researcher who has also been touting GPT-5’s achievements, I confess “Solutions are only found in the literature,” but he noted that this remains a real achievement: “I know how difficult it is to search the literature.”