AnalysisScienceOctober 14, 2026

MIT study: AI theory-solving jumped from 2% to 35% in two years

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MIT researchers tested OpenAI's o1, o3, GPT-5, GPT-5.1, GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 on theory problems from papers published after the models' training cutoffs, with internet access blocked. Correct-solve rates in probability, statistics theory, economic theory, high-energy theory, gravitation/cosmology and quantum physics rose from ~2% in mid-2024 to ~35% by mid-2026.

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