Fields Medalist says ChatGPT 5.5 Pro delivered “PhD-level” math research in under two hours with zero human help

• A Fields Medalist, Timothy Gowers, tested the capabilities of a new AI model called ChatGPT 5.5 Pro by posing open problems in number theory.
• The model managed to improve an exponential bound to a polynomial one within under an hour, with no human intervention.
• Gowers sees this as a significant milestone, as the bar for mathematical contributions now requires proving something that LLMs cannot do.

Originally published at the-decoder.com. Curated by AI Maestro.

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