Provenance record

OpenAI’s approach to mathematics does not add up

The Economist: Science and Technology (tier 1, news) 2026-11-04T18:11:10.000Z Original ↗

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Discourse valence

-50

Adverse

confidence 60% · 1 item

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-50

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-50

Adverse readingFavourable reading

Single-model reading. This item did not meet the threshold for a multi-model panel.

Evaluation and measurement Governance and regulation Concentration of power

Excerpt as ingested

Two months after the firm’s initial advances, its lack of transparency is still causing problems

Every model that read this

Model	Provider	Stage	Score	Conf.	Latency	Prompt	When
Llama 3.3 70B	Meta	analysis	-50	60%	2753ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-11-04 21:18

Llama 3.3 70B · reading

Lack of transparency causes problems

evidence: reported horizon: n/a

Evidence extracted

OpenAI's approach to mathematics lacks transparency

The chain

SOURCE     The Economist: Science and Technology (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   a774048b-93cf-4531-9475-6d78cca58c2d
           https://economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/11/04/openais-approach-to-mathematics-does-not-add-up
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EVIDENCE   1 extracted excerpt
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MODEL RUN  1 run, methodology 1.0.1
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SCORE      -50  (Adverse)
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CONFIDENCE 60%