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The scientists who proposed ETH, together with Ryan Williams, are organizing an independent examination and say their role is not a certification of the claim.
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- https://thenextweb.com/news/openai-exponential-time-hypothesis-false-kakeya-yang-mills
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/frontier-ai-labs-say-their-models-refuted-the-exponential-time-hypothesis-what-does-that-mean
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- ConfirmedOpenAI says its model found a disproof of the Exponential Time Hypothesis on 16 October 2026.
- ConfirmedOpenAI published the ETH write-up and a Lean proof on GitHub.
- UnconfirmedAnthropic released its own refutation of ETH hours after OpenAI's announcement.
- UnconfirmedThe ETH refutation is independently verified as correct.
- ConfirmedOpenAI told Ryan Williams it was reasonably confident the result implies no breaks in cryptographic systems.
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