AI Chat: ChatGPT, AI News, Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Machine Learning ChatGPT's Math Revolution
Jan 15, 2026
Discover how ChatGPT is revolutionizing the world of mathematics by cracking complex, unsolved problems. The discussion highlights its innovative reasoning capabilities and creative adaptation of existing research. We hear about AI’s perfect scores in math competitions and its role as a collaborator for human mathematicians. Explore how tools and recent advancements are elevating AI's reasoning power, making it a vital partner in speeding up mathematical research and verification processes.
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AI Reinvented Matrix Multiplication
- Jaden Schaefer recounts Mo Gada's keynote about AI inventing a new matrix multiplication method.
- That invention yielded a 26% performance boost and cut hundreds of millions in Google costs and energy usage.
Models Solving High-Level Math
- Modern models like GPT-5 Pro are solving high-level math problems previously out of reach.
- These models show strong abstract algebra reasoning and rapid improvement on benchmark tasks.
ChatGPT Solved An Unsolved Problem
- Neil Somani fed a long unsolved math problem into ChatGPT and returned 15 minutes later to a proposed solution.
- He verified the answer with Harmonic and found the model's solution was correct.