OpenAI Claims 10,000 AI Agents Tackled a $1 Million Math Problem, Sparking Debate Among Mathematicians
In a development that has sent ripples through both the artificial intelligence community and the world of pure mathematics, OpenAI announced that a swarm of 10,000 AI agents, operating under a newly unveiled internal model called Astra, produced a proposed solution to one of the seven celebrated Millennium Prize Problems. The prize, administered by the Clay Mathematics Institute, carries a cash …
Sept. 9, 2026, 11:23 a.m.