OpenAI and DeepMind systems solved 5 of 6 International Math Olympiad problems, equivalent to a gold medal, though they struggled on the hardest problem. This is a clear, measurable leap in formal reasoning beyond coding or language tasks.
— It recalibrates AI capability timelines and suggests policy should prepare for rapid gains in high-level problem solving, not just text generation.
Alexander Kruel
2025.10.11
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The post links to 'Large Language Models Achieve Gold Medal Performance at the International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics (IOAA)' and notes GPT‑5 Pro’s new record on FrontierMath Tier 4 and a top ARC‑AGI semi‑private score, extending the documented pattern of LLMs attaining Olympiad‑level standings and frontier math performance.
Tyler Cowen
2025.10.09
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Both items are capability benchmarks showing AI closing human gaps in high‑cognition domains; where the Olympiad result showed formal reasoning gains, ForecastBench points to near‑term parity in real‑world forecasting performance.
BeauHD
2025.09.17
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As with Olympiad math, Google’s Gemini 2.5 delivered elite‑level performance in another flagship human reasoning contest (ICPC), solving 10/12 problems and matching the top human tier (only 4 of 139 teams matched it). This extends the pattern of AI achieving gold‑class results in formal problem‑solving domains.
Alexander Kruel
2025.08.24
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ByteDance’s Seed‑Prover solving 329/657 PutnamBench problems in Lean (≈50%, after models were <2% six months ago) is a clear step‑function in formal reasoning akin to IMO‑level results, reinforcing the rapid advance of theorem‑proving AI noted in prior coverage.
Scott
2025.08.14
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Aaronson cites the AI gold result and notes he won a 2026 bet with NYU’s Ernest Davis more than a year early.
Alexander Kruel
2025.08.11
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The roundup cites a practitioner noting that LLMs went from near‑zero partial credit on IMO numericals in 2023 to a gold‑medal‑level 5/6 in 2025, reinforcing the reported leap in formal reasoning capability.
Alexander Kruel
2025.08.05
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Epoch AI notes a fourth FrontierMath Tier 4 problem solved by AI, reinforcing the pattern of measurable advances in formal reasoning akin to the IMO gold‑level result and nudging capability expectations upward.
Alexander Kruel
2025.07.24
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The contracting timelines—from 2043 to 2026 for an IMO gold—track public updates that recalibrate expectations after recent near‑gold AI performances.
Alexander Kruel
2025.07.19
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The post reports OpenAI’s system solving 5 of 6 IMO 2025 problems (35/42 points) with human-style proofs under IMO rules, directly corroborating the claim that frontier AI has reached gold-medal math reasoning.