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Tim Pool alleges OpenAI rushed out a maths proof to beat academics

Timcast IRL · AI Researcher QUITS, Sounds The Alarm, Says AI Will KILL US ALL · September 10, 2026
Tim Pool alleges OpenAI rushed out a maths proof to beat academics
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AI Researcher QUITS, Sounds The Alarm, Says AI Will KILL US ALL
"So, open AI, this is this what the how the story goes because it's again it's largely rumor, but it is true there were a couple of researchers about to publish a solution to this unsolved math problem. OpenAI then published just before they did."
Tim Pool alleges, while calling it “largely rumour”, that OpenAI learnt other researchers were close to solving a long-unsolved maths problem and published a proof first. He claims the lab used a more powerful unreleased internal model to do it. An unidentified panellist adds an unverified claim of “10,000 agents, 88 hours, and $6 million”.
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