An Amateur Just Solved a 60-Year-Old Math Problem - by Asking AI

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By EditorDavidMay 2, 2026, 2:34 pm181 ptsTrendingTop
Slashdot reader joshuark writes: Scientific American reports that a ChatGPT AI has proved a conjecture with a method no human had developed. A 23-year-old student Liam Price just cracked a 60-year-old problem that world-class mathematicians have tried and failed to solve. The new solution that Price got in…

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