The achievement is noteworthy because AI systems don’t usually fare well with complex math challenges.
Today’s artificial intelligence (AI) systems possess many skills but typically fall short when it comes to tackling complex math problems. That’s why Google is excited that two of its DeepMind AI systems were able to solve several challenging problems posed in a prestigious math competition.
In a new post published Thursday, Google touted the AI smarts and achievements of its DeepMind AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 AI models. Entering the 2024 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), the two systems solved four out of six problems. That effort rewarded Google’s AI with the same level as a silver medalist for the first time in this contest, which is typically geared toward young mathematicians.
Each year, IMO invites elite pre-college mathematicians to wrestle with six extremely difficult problems in algebra, combinatorics (counting, selecting, and arranging a large number of objects), geometry, and number theory.
