AnalysisAI ModelsAugust 3, 2026

Gary Marcus questions OpenAI's Astra math breakthrough after quick replication

Anthropic mathematician Levent Alpöge replicated approximately half of OpenAI's Astra math results within 24 hours using the already-public Fable model. Gary Marcus argues Astra may not be the breakthrough OpenAI claims, citing sparse reporting and unacknowledged failures — 'a numerator without a denominator.'

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