AI #169: New Knowledge
AI continues to advance, with OpenAI achieving a significant mathematical breakthrough. The White House is expected to release an executive order that could impact the AI landscape. Meanwhile, concerns about the risks associated with frontier models are being raised as industry figures navigate legal and ethical challenges.
- ▪OpenAI has produced a notable solution to the unit distance problem, marking a significant achievement in AI-generated mathematics.
- ▪The White House is set to issue an executive order that may influence AI regulations and practices.
- ▪A risk report from METR indicates that frontier models currently lack the capability to cause major issues, but this situation may change.
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| Original publisher | TheZvi |
| Canonical URL | https://thezvi.substack.com/p/ai-169-new-knowledge |
| Publication time | Thu, 21 May 2026 13:17:41 GMT |
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AI #169: New KnowledgeZvi MowshowitzMay 21, 2026ShareEven in a relatively quiet period, AI is out there creating new knowledge. The new knowledge in question is OpenAI getting us the first truly impressive math result that comes from an AI, a solution to the unit distance problem. We’re about to learn a different kind of knowledge later today when the White House issues its executive order, or when the judges rule in Anthropic’s DC case. And then there’s the other kind of new knowledge, which is the knowledge that things are fake slop, such as a particular formerly supposedly prestigious literary prize.
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