OpenAI's Astra Solves 10 Major Math Problems, But Raises Deep Concerns

OpenAI announced that an internal version of its next-generation model, Astra, has solved or decisively advanced ten open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, for about $2,000 per problem. While celebrated as a breakthrough, mathematicians warn that the flood of AI-generated proofs is overwhelming the field's ability to verify and understand them, risking a future where problems are 'solved' without human comprehension.

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Unicorn, Pelican, Middle-earth: OpenAI Co-founder Karpathy Seeks the Next AI Vibe Test

Andrej Karpathy had the AI model Claude Opus 5 generate a 3D scene from a paragraph of 'Lord of the Rings' in two hours, producing 5,500 lines of code for the browser. The creation cost about ten dollars, and the model animated objects independently but made errors because it could only check its own video via screenshots. For Anthropic employee Karpathy, the test shows potential for cheaply produced, individual game worlds, though he views the result as a subjective impression rather than a hard metric.

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