AI Just Solved One Of World's Toughest School Math Test Perfectly
AI models from Huawei and Xiaohongshu have achieved perfect scores on the International Mathematical Olympiad for the first time. This milestone marks a significant leap in the problem-solving capabilities of large language models.
Why it matters
Demonstrates the rapid advancement of AI in complex reasoning tasks previously reserved for human experts.
A perfect result at the world's most prestigious mathematics contest used to be the preserve of a handful of bright young minds each year, but for the first time, artificial intelligence has also scored full marks.Two Chinese tech companies, Huawei and Xiaohongshu, said their AI models each achieved 100 percent on the questions given to human hopefuls at this month's International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO).They were the first AI labs to announce their scores, but others from around the world may follow suit in the coming days."We are delighted with this result, because achieving a perfect score at the IMO is extremely challenging," Xiaohongshu said in a statement this week."Previously, no large language model had ever achieved a perfect score under the IMO's official judging process," the firm added, referring to the tech that underpins AI tools like chatbots.In 2025, models made by the likes of Google and OpenAI reached gold-level…
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