OpenAI announces three big science discoveries and a new way to work with academics

What happened: OpenAI announced three "major" discoveries in math, computer science, and physics, with external experts described as "shepherds" guiding the computer science and physics results. For the math problem, OpenAI says advisers recommended releasing the AI output for researchers to work through their own explanations. Why it matters: The results were added to GitHub, and the use of external shepherds marks a change from OpenAI's earlier mass release of manuscripts, which it said contained solutions to long-standing mathematics questions.

OpenAI announced three "major" discoveries in math, computer science, and physics, with external experts described as "shepherds" guiding the computer science and physics results. For the math problem, OpenAI says advisers recommended releasing the AI output for researchers to work through their own explanations.

The results were added to GitHub, and the use of external shepherds marks a change from OpenAI's earlier mass release of manuscripts, which it said contained solutions to long-standing mathematics questions.