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Math bounties solved with AI in months; researchers credit LLM speed

Math bounties solved with AI in months; researchers credit LLM speed

Two open mathematical problems involving natural latents, posted roughly a year ago, have both been resolved within the past couple months using LLMs and Lean (a formal proof system). Grisha Pochuev produced a counterexample to the "Existence of a Deterministic Maximal Redund" conjecture that the author finds convincing and values at $300 of a $500 bounty.

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