{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "id": "evt-2026-frontiermath-open-problems",
  "slug": "frontiermath-open-problems-50",
  "title": {
    "en": "FrontierMath: Open Problems expands to 50 verifiable research problems",
    "zh-CN": "FrontierMath: Open Problems 扩展到 50 个可验证研究问题"
  },
  "dates": {
    "event": "2026-07-31",
    "first_public_claim": "2026-07-31",
    "paper_release": null,
    "artifact_release": null,
    "independently_verified": null,
    "added_to_chronicle": "2026-09-10",
    "last_updated": "2026-09-11"
  },
  "event_types": [
    "benchmark",
    "dataset",
    "infrastructure"
  ],
  "significance": {
    "tier": "H2",
    "rationale": {
      "en": "FM:OP created a denominator for autonomous mathematical discovery by tracking significant unsolved problems whose candidate solutions can be computationally verified.",
      "zh-CN": "FM:OP 通过跟踪可计算验证候选解的显著未解问题，为衡量自主数学发现提供了一个更有意义的“分母”。"
    }
  },
  "mathematical_novelty": {
    "type": "tooling_only"
  },
  "interfaces": [
    "informal",
    "symbolic",
    "numeric",
    "hybrid"
  ],
  "claim": {
    "en": "Epoch AI expanded FrontierMath: Open Problems to 50 significant unsolved research problems and tracked AI solutions separately by mathematical notability.",
    "zh-CN": "Epoch AI 将 FrontierMath: Open Problems 扩展到 50 个重要未解研究问题，并按数学重要性分层跟踪 AI 解答。"
  },
  "summary": {
    "en": "Problems are selected by mathematicians, paired with bespoke computational verifiers where possible, and categorized by the significance of a solution.",
    "zh-CN": "问题由数学家筛选，并尽可能配套专用计算验证器，同时按解答的重要性进行分级。"
  },
  "why_it_matters": {
    "en": "The benchmark focuses evaluation on whether AI advances human mathematical knowledge rather than only reproducing known solutions.",
    "zh-CN": "该基准把评测重点放在 AI 是否真正推进人类数学知识，而不只是复现已知答案。"
  },
  "ai_role": {
    "level": "computation_only",
    "description": {
      "en": "Frontier systems attempt open problems under long-horizon scaffolds and are tested by problem-specific verifiers.",
      "zh-CN": "前沿系统在长程脚手架下尝试开放问题，并由问题专用验证器检查候选解。"
    }
  },
  "human_contribution": {
    "description": {
      "en": "Mathematicians propose and review problems while Epoch AI builds verifiers and maintains attribution and solution status.",
      "zh-CN": "数学家提出并审核问题，Epoch AI 构建验证器并维护归属与解答状态。"
    }
  },
  "systems": [
    "frontiermath-open-problems"
  ],
  "organizations": [
    "epoch-ai"
  ],
  "people": [],
  "problems": [
    "open-research-mathematics"
  ],
  "methods": [
    "benchmarking",
    "computational-verification",
    "expert-curation"
  ],
  "verification": {
    "evidence_level": "E3",
    "status": "partially_verified",
    "formal_assurance": "artifact_available",
    "history": [
      {
        "date": "2026-07-31",
        "status": "partially_verified",
        "evidence_level": "E2",
        "note": {
          "en": "The Chronicle records this event from the cited primary or official source; the status does not imply independent Chronicle verification.",
          "zh-CN": "Chronicle 依据所引 primary / official source 记录该事件；该状态不表示 Chronicle 已完成独立验证。"
        }
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-09-11",
        "status": "partially_verified",
        "evidence_level": "E3",
        "note": {
          "en": "This corpus refresh added a directly inspectable public artifact maintained by the authors or releasing organization. E3 records artifact-level inspectability and does not imply independent verification of the underlying scientific or mathematical claim.",
          "zh-CN": "本轮 corpus 刷新增补了由作者或发布机构维护、可直接检查的公开产物。E3 表示证据已达到可检查 artifact 层级，并不等同于底层科学或数学主张已获得独立验证。"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "epoch-frontiermath-open-problems-2026",
      "tier": "S1",
      "type": "benchmark",
      "title": "FrontierMath: Open Problems",
      "url": "https://epoch.ai/frontiermath/open-problems?notability=Moderately+interesting",
      "primary": true,
      "published_date": "2026-07-31",
      "accessed_at": "2026-09-10"
    }
  ],
  "artifacts": [
    {
      "id": "frontiermath-open-problems-benchmark",
      "kind": "dataset",
      "title": "FrontierMath: Open Problems benchmark surface",
      "url": "https://epoch.ai/frontiermath/open-problems?notability=Moderately+interesting"
    }
  ],
  "relationships": {
    "predecessors": [
      "evt-2024-frontiermath",
      "evt-2026-unit-distance-disproof"
    ],
    "successors": [],
    "related": []
  },
  "timeline": {
    "featured": true,
    "significance": "primary"
  },
  "tags": [
    "research-math",
    "open-problems",
    "benchmark",
    "verification"
  ],
  "editorial": {
    "created_at": "2026-09-10",
    "last_reviewed": "2026-09-11",
    "reviewers": [
      "Charlie-Wang-03"
    ]
  },
  "corrections": []
}