Sam Altman sympathizes with mathematicians, but says OpenAI’s math onslaught won’t stop

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Vrg_illo_Sam_Altman_stock_trial.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">After months of bombarding mathematicians with a relentless stream of AI-generated results, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he sympathizes with researchers struggling to make sense of it all. But he has no intention of stopping - and hints there could be much more to come from the company's stockpile of discoveries.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">"I think, on net, the world deserves to understand how the universe works," Altman said during an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMsUcCYNKqY&amp;t=950s">episode</a> of the <em>Cheeky Pint</em> podcast released Thursday. "But I do have empathy for the method."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">His comments mark one of the first times the OpenAI chief has directly acknowledged the company's impact on mathematicians, following a strin …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1023054/altman-cheeky-pint-ai-math-interview">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>