18 August 2026

Math conjecture proven three times in one week using ChatGPT

• A 40-year-old unsolved math problem was proven three separate times within seven days, each proof assisted by ChatGPT.
• Multiple independent mathematicians reached the same discovery in parallel, all relying on the same AI tool to guide their work.
• The simultaneous proofs raise questions about how to assign credit when AI helps multiple people solve the same problem at once.

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The NeuronPete Huang & Grant Harvey

A 40-year-old math conjecture was independently proven three times in one week, all with heavy ChatGPT assistance, raising questions about who gets credit when AI leads multiple people to the same discovery simultaneously.