Computerworld January 26, 2026
Maxwell Cooter

At least one university professor would expect more rigor from his PhD students, however.

OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 Pro does better at solving sophisticated math problems than older versions of the company’s top large language model, according to a new study by Epoch AI, a non-profit research institute.

GPT-5.2 Pro solved four problems that had been too difficult for any other AI models to solve, and of the 13 problems that any other model had previously solved, it was able to solve 11, Epoch reported.

This means GPT-5.2 Pro had solved 31% of Epoch AI’s challenges, a rise from the previous score best of 19%.

Math problems have long proven difficult for AI. Scientists have speculated that this could be because AI...

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