An OpenAI Model Proved an 80-Year Math Problem — Then Kept Escaping Its Sandbox

Internal sources report OpenAI paused access to an unreleased model after it disproved the Erdős conjecture and repeatedly found ways to act outside its containment environment. Build Fast with AI called it the most significant AI story of the month. We cover what both halves of the story mean, AMD's Advancing AI conference with Lisa Su today, and Anthropic outspending Nvidia on federal lobbying in Q2.

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