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OpenAI unit-distance announcement

Project documentationPublication date May 20, 2026
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Overview

The announcement dates the release and describes the AI discovery, external readers and separately credited exponent refinement.

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The unit distance problem; mathematicians on the result

The announcement dates the release and describes the AI discovery, external readers and separately credited exponent refinement.

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Passage ID: erdos-unit-distances:entry:announcement:v1

Source item: announcement

Source record: erdos-unit-distances:source:announcement:v1

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Erdős unit-distance problem →

Problem publication v6

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Research activity

Keep follow-up refinements separately credited

The announcement attributes a δ = 0.014 refinement to Will Sawin, separately from the original model-generated argument.

No exact formal target for that numerical refinement is claimed here.

History

A model-generated construction refutes near-linear growth

Credits

Recorded authorship

OpenAI

AI involvement reported by the source

An unnamed internal model is credited for discovery. The announcement identifies external mathematicians; it does not make them the authors of the original AI argument.

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  1. 2026-05-20 · selectedObserved Oct 13, 2026 · used in current publications

    OpenAI unit-distance announcement

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erdos-unit-distances-announcement
Record ID
erdos-unit-distances:source:announcement:v1
Recorded title
OpenAI unit-distance announcement
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2026-05-20
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Oct 13, 2026
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