# OpenAI reportedly solves Siegel zero problem, cutting proof to five pages

> Original title: 张益唐未竟难题被OpenAI攻破！人类联手GPT-6接力两周，证明只剩5页

- Source: AI Era
- Published: 2026-10-26T00:01:33.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/qm8f1b8ymmnqlyt82igikkttb
- Original: https://aiera.com.cn/2026/10/26/other/admin/120584/%e5%bc%a0%e7%9b%8a%e5%94%90%e6%9c%aa%e7%ab%9f%e9%9a%be%e9%a2%98%e8%a2%abopenai%e6%94%bb%e7%a0%b4%ef%bc%81%e4%ba%ba%e7%b1%bb%e8%81%94%e6%89%8bgpt-6%e6%8e%a5%e5%8a%9b%e4%b8%a4%e5%91%a8%ef%bc%8c%e8%af%81/

## Summary

AI Era reports that OpenAI has resolved the Siegel zero problem, a number theory question Zhang Yitang worked on for decades. According to the report, a human-and-GPT-6 effort over two weeks condensed the proof to five pages. The excerpt does not give further details of the proof or its verification.

## Why it matters

The item reports a claimed resolution of a long-standing number theory problem, a useful signal of AI's role in advanced mathematics, though the excerpt gives few verifiable details.