OpenAIAnalysisScienceOctober 26, 2026

OpenAI says its models solved three major science problems

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OpenAI announced results in math (local smoothing and Kakeya conjectures in all dimensions), computer science (a 67-page paper refuting the 1999 Exponential Time Hypothesis), and physics (quantum chromodynamics). Release differed by field: math output posted to GitHub, computer scientists formed a working group, and the physics result was withheld pending external experts.

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