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In 1960, three researchers fitted every population estimate from year 1 to 1958 into one equation and it blew up on Friday, November 13, 2026. The math was sound, the date was a private joke, and the curve broke two years after the paper ran.

OpenAI says an unreleased model called Astra solved 10 decades-old math problems for about $2,000 in compute, with formally verified proofs. Days later, the same system was hit with a Critical cyber-risk classification. Here is what happened and why mathematicians are both impressed and wary.