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An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years
OpenAI's internal AI model disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a problem unresolved for 80 years. Mathematicians Tim Gowers and Daniel Litt praised the achievement, calling it a milestone and the first exciting AI-generated result.
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