August 1, 2026
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OpenAI’s Astra Model Just Solved Ten Open Math Problems for $2,000: Sphere Packing, Connes’s Rigidity Conjecture, Non-Sofic Groups and Seven More
On August 1, 2026, OpenAI published Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science, a 249-page collection of research results produced by an internal version of Astra, its…
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Chip Stocks Crash, Leopold Aschenbrenner’s $20B Fund Gets Margin Called, Frontier Labs Beg Washington to Slow Down AI, and Mamdani’s City-Owned Grocery Stores
The besties open this episode on a genuine market event: a legendary AI trade unwinding in real time, taking a 25-year-old’s $20 billion hedge fund with it. From…