OpenAI says an internal general-purpose reasoning model has disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a central problem in discrete geometry posed in 1946 (OpenAI)

May 20, 2026 - 21:15
Updated: 19 days ago
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Diagram illustrating the Erdős unit distance conjecture disproven by OpenAI's internal reasoning model

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OpenAI says an internal general-purpose reasoning model has disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a central problem in discrete geometry posed in 1946  —  Read the proof(opens in a new window)Read the companion remarks(opens in a new window)  —  Loading...

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