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OpenAI Deploys Thousands of AI Agents to Solve 90-Year Math Problem

By Drooid · Sep 12, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC · How we work

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OpenAI deployed tens of thousands of AI agents to tackle a 90-year-old math problem offering a $1 million prize.
Spanish mathematicians Diego Córdoba and Luis Martínez-Zoroa devised the strategy underlying the solution.
Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster alleges OpenAI rushed the work after seeing his collaboration with Anthropic’s Levent Alpöge.
Buckmaster also claims OpenAI tried to shape credit allocation for the breakthrough.

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OpenAI deployed tens of thousands of AI agents to tackle a 90-year-old math problem offering a $1 million prize.
Spanish mathematicians Diego Córdoba and Luis Martínez-Zoroa devised the strategy underlying the solution.
Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster alleges OpenAI rushed the work after seeing his collaboration with Anthropic’s Levent Alpöge.
Buckmaster also claims OpenAI tried to shape credit allocation for the breakthrough.