Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
OpenAI says an internal Astra model produced solutions to ten long-stalled math problems, with Lean 4 formalizations published.
Willison notes the company says each successful run cost under $2,000 at GPT-5.6 Sol token prices, while leaving unclear how many failed attempts there were. He points to the `openai/ten-proofs` repository, a paper, and an LLM-generated reconstruction of the proof process as meaningful but incomplete transparency. His missing piece is the prompts. Simon Willison's note
Willison notes the company says each successful run cost under $2,000 at GPT-5.6 Sol token prices, while leaving unclear how many failed attempts there were. He points to the `openai/ten-proofs` repository, a paper, and an LLM-generated reconstruction of the proof process as meaningful but incomplete transparency. His missing piece is the prompts. Simon Willison's note
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