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‘Pure insanity’: Mathematicians will need years to make sense of OpenAI’s latest drop

L5 · ResearcherResearchThe Verge AI$· 10/9/2026

Directly impacts mathematical research workflows and the future role of human mathematicians in AI-driven discovery.

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OpenAI released nearly 400 AI-generated mathematical results across 700 manuscripts, overwhelming mathematicians who say it could take years to verify and understand the implications.

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"Staggering." "Overwhelming." "Unprecedented." "Surreal." "Pure insanity." Those were among the descriptions more than three dozen mathematicians reached for in conversations with The Verge as they tried to make sense of the flood of mathematical results OpenAI abruptly dropped on the field this week. Amid the awe, excitement, and uncertainty over the sheer scale of the deluge was a deep-seated anxiety over what it all means - and what comes next. For all their different reactions, researchers

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