EpisodeMonday, August 3, 2026 · 20 min
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OpenAI's Astra Solves Ten Decade-Old Math Problems — and Shows Its Work
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OpenAI's Astra Solves Ten Decade-Old Math Problems — and Shows Its Work
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OpenAI says an internal preview of its next model solved ten decade-old math problems and backed every proof with a machine-checkable certificate, while a data-center source-of-truth platform quietly solves the AI-agent-write-access question this show has been circling for a month. The same verify-before-trust instinct is worth stealing for your own infrastructure this week.
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HOST A
Welcome to Amaze Networks for Monday, August third.
HOST B
Can I jump in? Because OpenAI dropped something over the weekend that I have not stopped thinking about, and it's not the kind of AI story we usually open with.
HOST A
Go for it.
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