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OpenAI Internal Research System — October 2026 Scientific Results

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+3.98

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Net Good

3.98

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00.5011.522.533.54Oct 26

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Mathematics3.98

Release

Status internal. First dated 16 Oct 2026.

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Benefit26 Oct 2026

OpenAI announces three AI-assisted research claims across mathematics, computer science, and physics

OpenAI says its internal models produced results on all-dimensional local smoothing, the Exponential Time Hypothesis, and quantum-field-theory existence. Two writeups and Lean files are public; the physics work remains under academic review and is not yet released.

MathematicsprovisionalTier 4 Historic+3.98