He was close to a $1 million breakthrough. Then OpenAI swooped in.
- Posted on September 13, 2026
- By Washington Post
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He was close to a $1 million breakthrough. Then OpenAI swooped in.
A New York University professor questions whether AI agents that solved one of the most complex problems in theoretical mathematics were fed on his work.
