At a clandestine math conclave in Berkeley in May, a chatbot powered by o4-mini answered some of the hardest solvable problems much faster than a mathematician (Lyndie Chiou/Scientific American)

Lyndie Chiou / Scientific American: At a clandestine math conclave in Berkeley in May, a chatbot powered by o4-mini answered some of the hardest solvable problems much faster than a mathematician  —  The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs  —  BY LYNDIE CHIOU EDITED BY CLARA MOSKOWITZ

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At a clandestine math conclave in Berkeley in May, a chatbot powered by o4-mini answered some of the hardest solvable problems much faster than a mathematician (Lyndie Chiou/Scientific American)

Lyndie Chiou / Scientific American:
At a clandestine math conclave in Berkeley in May, a chatbot powered by o4-mini answered some of the hardest solvable problems much faster than a mathematician  —  The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs  —  BY LYNDIE CHIOU EDITED BY CLARA MOSKOWITZ