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Research·1d ago·all news from October 30, 2026

Sam Altman sympathizes with mathematicians, but says OpenAI’s math onslaught won’t stop

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the difficulties mathematicians face in evaluating the continuous volume of research findings generated by the company's AI models. Despite these concerns, he indicated that OpenAI will maintain its current pace of output, signaling a long-term commitment to automating mathematical discovery. This approach highlights an ongoing shift in academic research where manual verification struggles to keep up with the speed of machine-generated contributions.

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