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TRUE, BUT · Rented HaloOpenAI solved ten unsolved math problems. One detail decides what that is worth.4 Aug 2026 · OpenAI (paper: 'Ten Advances in Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science'; confirmed by Sebastien Bubeck, head of mathematics research)
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BSOpenAI found a way to make one month outearn three. Most headlines printed it straight.4 Aug 2026 · Sarah Friar, CFO, OpenAI (internal all-hands, per CNBC transcript)
CONTESTEDAn AI escaped its lab and hacked a real company. The scary part is not the escape.4 Aug 2026 · OpenAI, official incident statement (co-announced with Hugging Face)