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# Andrew Curran summarises OpenAI's three discoveries, incl. 'completions of the Standard Model'

Andrew Curran (@AndrewCurran_), X, 2026-10-26.
Source: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2114836071028785289

## Why it matters

Earliest high-reach summary (~715k views), the only source we saw naming 'completions of the Standard Model'.

## Summary

Posted 21:46 UTC, four minutes before Brockman. About 715k views on 27 Oct (fxtwitter).

## Archived text

> OpenAI has announced to three new discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics:
> - Local smoothing and the Kakeya conjecture
> - The Exponential Time Hypothesis is false
> - Existence of quantum chromodynamics and completions of the Standard Model


## Cited in

- 2026-10-26: [OpenAI claims 4D Yang–Mills and QCD existence](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-26-openai-yang-mills-qcd-existence-claim/)

## People in this post

- [Greg Brockman](https://postcutoff.com/person/greg-brockman/), President and co-founder, OpenAI