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OpenAI has claimed a refutation of the Exponential Time Hypothetis (ETH). Russell Impagliazzo, Mohan Paturi and Ryan Williams (@rrwilliams.bsky.social) have been asked to organize a community-led effort to evaluate this claim. More here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... h/t @gautamkamath.com

docs.google.comMessage to the TCS Community on ETHDear colleagues, OpenAI has informed us that it has obtained a claimed refutation of the Exponential Time Hypothesis and plans to release the supporting documents to the community. Our names may appea...

Clément Canonne

@ccanonne.github.io

20h

Read the document, which goes beyond this (huge) claim and calls for important discussions.

Clément Canonne

@ccanonne.github.io

19h

Ryan's thread: bsky.app/profile/rrwi...

Ryan Williams@rrwilliams.bsky.social

An internal model at OpenAI has produced a claimed refutation of ETH! Russell Impagliazzo, Mohan Paturi, and I have been asked to help organize an open and independent examination of this claim. 1/4

Clément Canonne

@ccanonne.github.io

Also, *Hypothesis in the first post. Nobody has said anything about the Exponential Time Hypothetis, as far as I know.

27/10/26, 11:48 am0 reposts3 likes

Morten Grøftehauge

@drgroftehauge.bsky.social

Have you heard the good word of John Mastodon? John Mastodon would have let you edit that post.

David Picard

@davidpicard.eurosky.social

If Thetis exists (or existed- depending on your views on gods and goddesses) it seems logical that an Hyperthetis and an Hypothetis exist as well. What's that to do with exponential time, I don't know.