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Thomas Bloom is a research mathematician at the University of Manchester.
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Oct 2025 — Aug 2026
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OpenAI's 'Embarrassing' Math
TechCrunchnewsnegativeOct 20, 2025
OpenAI overstated GPT-5's mathematical capabilities by claiming it solved previously unsolved Erdős problems when it only found existing literature solutions.
“Mathematician who maintains the Erdos Problems website corrected OpenAI's misrepresentation of the findings.”
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Why the legendary Erdős problems are falling to AI
Quanta MagazinemixedAug 10, 2026
“English mathematician who created erdosproblems.com website that cataloged Erdős problems and became a benchmark for AI model capabilities.”
OpenAI announces its next major model Astra by dropping ten previously unsolved math solutions
The DecoderpositiveAug 4, 2026
“Mathematician commenting on OpenAI's mathematical solutions and their significance.”
From napkin sketch to research breakthrough
sciencenews.orgmixedJun 9, 2026
“Mathematician who noted in expert paper that AI-generated proof wasn't a spark of genius and expressed concerns about verification and attribution in mathematical research.”
AI Solves a Longstanding Geometry Conjecture
OpenAIpositiveMay 21, 2026
“External mathematician who assessed AI-generated proof and noted that algebraic number theory connection revealed unexpected depth in discrete geometry.”
OpenAI says one of its models solved a famous math problem
SubstackpositiveMay 21, 2026
“Mathematician who wrote companion paper on OpenAI's unit distance problem proof, highlighting new connections to algebraic number theory.”
OpenAI cracks an 80-year math belief
OpenAIcautiousMay 21, 2026
“Mathematician who maintains the Erdos Problems website and provided validation for OpenAI's mathematical proof disproving the planar unit distance problem.”
OpenAI claims its new reasoning model solved an 80-year-old math problem
OpenAIcautiousMay 21, 2026
“Maintains the Erdos Problems website and provided support for OpenAI's mathematical disproof claim.”