OpenAI and Anthropic claim AI disproved a longstanding computer science theory

The companies say they have overturned a key tenet of computer science involving cryptography. Wired reports that researchers are grappling with the implications while exploring new questions raised by the claims. OpenAI also announced two other advances in physics and mathematics, according to The Information.

Covered by 2 publishers within 34 hours of the first report.

• Android Headlines: OpenAI Says Its AI and Top Scientists Disproved a 30-Year-Old Computer Science Theory
• Latest 6:45 AM ET Wired: An AI Breakthrough Has Made Decades of Computer Science Research ‘Irrelevant’

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AH Android Headlines OpenAI Says Its AI and Top Scientists Disproved a 30-Year-Old Computer Science Theory · Jean Leon 8:57 PM

W Wired An AI Breakthrough Has Made Decades of Computer Science Research ‘Irrelevant’ · Isabella Ward 6:45 AM

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