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The Guardian - World News

The Guardian - World News

Title OpenAI makes breakthrough on 80-year-old maths problem Source The Guardian - World News
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Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoning

OpenAI has claimed a further advance in AI reasoning after its technology successfully tackled an 80-year-old maths problem.

The company behind ChatGPT said it had made a breakthrough with a challenge first posed by Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős in 1946: the planar unit distance problem.

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Link https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/21/openai-paul-erdos-maths-problem-breakthrough Published At 2026-05-21 12:24:14 (2 months ago)
Created At 2026-05-21 12:34:19 Updated At 2026-05-21 13:06:16