AI Just Cracked a 90-Year Math Problem

Hello Builders! 👋

ChatGPT 5.2 Pro just cracked an 85-year-old math problem, and the builder implications are wild. A mathematician used it to solve Erdos 281, a problem that's stumped humans since 1939. This isn't about chatbots anymore.

Here's why this matters: we're crossing into territory where AI isn't just autocompleting your code or generating boilerplate. It's doing actual research-level problem solving. The gap between "helps you build faster" and "solves problems you literally couldn't solve" just collapsed.

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Wild that we're watching ChatGPT solve century-old math problems while also prepping to serve ads to free users. The duality of AI in 2026, I guess.

What are you vibe coding this week? Shipping a micro app or still pretending you need to learn proper syntax?

Keep shipping,

P.S. If you're one of those non-developers writing apps now, please don't tell the VCs. They're still funding bootcamps.