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OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra reportedly solves a 50-year-old math problem in under an hour

OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra reportedly solves a 50-year-old math problem in under an hour

The Decoder reports that OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra generated a proposed proof of the 50-year-old Cycle Double Cover Conjecture in under an hour using 64 parallel subagents. Mathematician Thomas Bloom described it as surprisingly elementary but noted missing citations to prior work.

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