# Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean?

**Published:** October 27, 2026
**Author:** Tim Fernholz
**Source:** TechCrunch — AI
**Language:** en-US
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TechCrunch spoke to the MIT computer scientist charged with explaining OpenAI's latest mind-bending discovery

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**Tags:** #OpenAI #Anthropic

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