OpenAI asks outside experts, including a Nobel laureate, to check proofs its AI produced in math, computer science, and physics

OpenAI has asked outside experts to act as "shepherds" for AI-generated results in three fields, including a claimed disproof of the Exponential Time Hypothesis, a proof of the local smoothing conjecture in every dimension, and a proof that certain quantum field theories exist in four dimensions. The math and computer science proofs were translated into Lean, though Lean only checks that a proof establishes the statement as written, not that the statement captures the intended problem. A group led by Nobel laureate David Gross will shepherd the physics work, while the ETH result is being independently checked by Russell Impagliazzo, Ramamohan Paturi, and Ryan Williams, who have no NDAs, are unpaid, and say their involvement is not an endorsement.