18 August 2026

Three mathematicians independently proved same 40-year-old conjecture

• The Neuron reported that three separate mathematicians each proved a mathematical problem that had remained unsolved for 40 years.
• All three proofs happened within a single week, and all three mathematicians used ChatGPT, OpenAI's conversational AI system, to help with their work.
• The simultaneous independent discoveries raise questions about how credit should be assigned when multiple people reach the same mathematical result with AI assistance.

How it was covered

The NeuronPete Huang & Grant Harvey

A 40-year-old math conjecture was independently proven three times in one week, all with heavy ChatGPT assistance, raising questions about credit attribution when AI leads multiple people to the same discovery simultaneously.