All the drama around AI’s takeover of mathematics

<figure> <img alt="OpenAI logo inside a calculator" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/268684_OpenAI_claims_to_revolutionize_maths_CVirginia2-1.webp?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">This past year, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other labs have announced breakthroughs on numerous long-standing mathematical problems, in some cases pushing well beyond what researchers expected current systems to be capable of — including resolving one of the famous Millennium Prize problems. But in classic Silicon Valley style, AI labs are <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994255/openai-millennium-prize-problem-tristan-buckmaster-competition">moving fast and breaking things</a>, barreling through the discipline with <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001477/openai-math-advisory-group">all the grace of a runaway bulldozer</a>. Results that might normally have been celebrated have instead <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/992953/openai-math-millennium-prize-navier-stokes">sparked backlash</a>. AI labs say they are learning from earlier mistakes. Whether those promises bear fruit remains to be seen.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Read on below for the latest updates in the AI takeover of mathematics.</em><br></p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001477/openai-math-advisory-group">OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/999167/openai-elite-mathematicians-panel">OpenAI wants to consult elite mathematicians about how to not fumble again</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994255/openai-millennium-prize-problem-tristan-buckmaster-competition">OpenAI just wants to win</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/993263/where-does-openai-get-mathematics-training-data">Mathematicians want proof OpenAI didn’t use their work </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/992953/openai-math-millennium-prize-navier-stokes">OpenAI’s sly mathematical breakthrough sends a chill through academia</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/991710/openai-navier-stokes-solution">Drama swirls around OpenAI’s legendary mathematical milestone</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/podcast/982434/ai-math-openai-astra-existential-crisis">Welcome to the AI crisis in math</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977273/the-ai-takeover-of-mathematics-has-begun">The AI takeover of mathematics has begun</a> </li> </ul>