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Fields Medalist says ChatGPT 5.5 Pro delivered "PhD-level" math research in under two hours with zero human help

Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers had ChatGPT 5.5 Pro tackle open problems in number theory. The model improved an exponential bound to a polynomial one in under an hour. An MIT researcher involved calls the key idea "completely original." Gowers' takeaway: the bar for mathematical contributions is now proving something LLMs can't.

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Fields Medalist says ChatGPT 5.5 Pro delivered "PhD-level" math research in under two hours with zero human help
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  • ChatGPT 5.5 Pro solved an open number theory problem, improving an exponential bound to a polynomial one.
  • The model completed the task in under two hours with no human assistance.
  • An MIT researcher described the model's key idea as "completely original."
  • Gowers suggests the new standard for mathematical contributions is proving what LLMs cannot do.

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