Since 1959, the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) has served as one of the world’s premiere events for young— human —math whizzes. Many mathematicians would need longer than their allotted time to answer just one of the IMO’s problems—and most people wouldn’t be able to solve any of them.

Humans beat AI programs made by Google and OpenAI at an international mathematics competition, but the technology shows some "very exciting" progress.

Humans beat generative AI models made by Google and OpenAI at a top international mathematics competition, despite the programs reaching gold-level scores for the first time.

Humans still have the upper hand at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), but AI is closing in fast. At this year's event, held in Australia, five young math whizzes notched perfect scores, while generative AI models from Google and OpenAI landed gold-level results by racking up 35 out of a possible 42 points—a first for the machines at