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title: OpenAI’s nameless model just changed the odds of P = NP...
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw9SZgyahqg
source: youtube-com-fireship
published: 2026-11-06T16:42:38Z
updated: 2026-11-06T16:51:53Z
first_seen: 2026-11-06T18:21:10.909146084Z
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- Fireship
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  An unnamed OpenAI model just wrote an algorithm that solves 3-SAT faster than exponential time, breaking a 27-year-old hypothesis that over 800 published papers depend on. Let's break it down.

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Warp Factories is open infrastructure to build self-improving software factories. Get early access: https://warp.dev/fireship

An unnamed OpenAI model just wrote an algorithm that solves 3-SAT faster than exponential time, breaking a 27-year-old hypothesis that over 800 published papers depend on. Let's break it down.

Want more Fireship?

🗞️ Newsletter: https://bytes.dev\
🧠 Courses: https://fireship.dev