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An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry

OpenAI·AI·Silent·5/20/2026

An OpenAI model solved the 80-year-old unit distance problem, disproving a major conjecture in discrete geometry and marking a milestone in AI-driven mathematics.

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