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An OpenAI Model ‘Disproved’ a Famous Math Conjecture. This Mathematician Couldn’t Leave It Alone (opens in new tab)

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Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)

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An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

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An explicit lower bound for the unit distance problem

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AI just solved an 80-year-old ‘Erdős problem,’ and mathematicians are amazed

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Paul Erdős

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Mathematicians stunned by AI's biggest breakthrough in mathematics yet

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Mathematicians Puzzled Over a Famous Problem for 80 Years. Now, They've Used A.I. to Identify a Clever Solution

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And now the news: 6/7/2026

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