--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "1c953c6f303dffb252a480a889db46f1c094b8286ebd259939b02c786fab2893" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/1c953c6f?lang=en" title: "Sam Altman sympathizes with mathematicians, but says OpenAI’s math onslaught won’t stop" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-30T13:01:14.000Z" category: "Research" topics: ["openai","llm","reasoning","open-source"] source_urls: ["https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1023054/altman-cheeky-pint-ai-math-interview","https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2116601742892978493","https://x.com/danintheory/status/2114833689272311946","https://x.com/rrwilliams/status/2114833319431209352","https://x.com/TheRundownAI/status/2115873803486032121","https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2114841183088427280","https://x.com/MTSlive/status/2115161752174518553","https://x.com/Miles_Brundage/status/2115302016461488553"] summary: "Sam Altman expressed sympathy for mathematicians but said OpenAI's math onslaught will not stop. He stated that OpenAI has spent hundreds of millions on math and has more discoveries up its sleeve." --- # Sam Altman sympathizes with mathematicians, but says OpenAI’s math onslaught won’t stop > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-30T13:01:14.000Z **Category:** Research **Topics:** openai, llm, reasoning, open\-source ## Summary Sam Altman expressed sympathy for mathematicians but said OpenAI's math onslaught will not stop\. He stated that OpenAI has spent hundreds of millions on math and has more discoveries up its sleeve\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]() - [Supporting source]()