OpenAI Claims 10,000 AI Agents Cracked a $1 Million Millennium Math Problem, Sparking Debate Among Mathematicians
In a development that has set both the artificial intelligence community and the world of pure mathematics abuzz, OpenAI announced that a swarm of 10,000 AI agents, powered by an internal model they refer to as Astra, has produced a proposed solution to one of the most notorious challenges in contemporary mathematics: a Millennium Prize Problem. The prize, administered by the Clay Mathematics Ins…
Sept. 9, 2026, 11:23 a.m.