Claim
An independent August 2026 report said OpenAI's Astra solved ten previously open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, and that formal Lean proofs were published for machine checking.
29 words; atomic claims are usually under 25a conjunction joins clauses that may be separately evaluableTopics
AI · 1efd24fe Mathematics · 1efd24fe
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 3 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:459abdec-b9ed-85ac-aa3e-9c9dc719e972
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 1 of 4 review checks has been done.A quoted passage from aiandsons.com was not found on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: The report attributes ten previously open mathematics and theoretical-computer-science problems to Astra and says formal Lean proofs were published for machine checking. weight 1.800000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: The passage directly states the ten problems and publication of formal Lean proofs for machine checking.
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.
0.8581 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · state Supported · Review checks: 1 of 4 · stability MEDIUM · 3 sources, 1 independent lineage
How the number was reached
| Link | Working | Weight | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 199a02dd qualify | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 0.000000 (non directional) |
| 46782cf9 support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 0.000000 (dependent strongest only, kept bdb01fbd) |
| bdb01fbd support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 1.800000 |
prior 0.50 → log-odds 0.000000 + 1.800000 (the counted weights) = 1.800000 → probability 0.8581
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- “An independent August 2026 report said OpenAI's Astra solved ten previously open problems in mathematics and theoretical computer science, with formal Lean...” · 1 claim · 28 September 2026
Evidence for
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From OpenAI's Astra Solves Decades-Old Math Problems: A New Era for AI Discovery Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
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From OpenAI's Astra Solves Decades-Old Math Problems: A New Era for AI Discovery Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
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From A Human Audit of OpenAI’s AI-Generated Mathematical Proofs Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The source does not dispute that the report and formalizations were published; it narrows what those formalizations and reviews establish.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| 9579bdec | bdb01fbd |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
None. Edges are stored and displayed; v0.1 does not propagate probability across them.
Review checklist
Review checks: 1 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | 199a02dd |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: The report attributes ten previously open mathematics and theoretical-computer-science problems to Astra and says formal Lean proofs were published for machine checking. 3a2b0f2b
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. 9579bdec
Qualifier: An independent audit confirms the public ten-result and Lean-review record but says review depth varies and Chapter 8 needs major revision. dd1aefe8
A search for evidence in the opposing direction found something; see the counted evidence. fac20281
Review checks: 1 of 4. coverage:459abdec-b9ed-85ac-aa3e-9c9dc719e972
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 12908 | APPENDED | |
| 12909 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 12914 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 12916 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 12923 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
Score trace
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