The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to everyone.
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Mathematician Will Sawin discusses his experience reviewing and refining a mathematical proof devised by OpenAI's internal model—and what that could mean for mathematics.
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