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The numbers speak volumes: GPT-4 mini achieved a 98.7% score on the AIM 2024 competition's math benchmark, using only Python tools. Even more striking, on the subsequent AIM 2025 challenge, its score rose impressively to 99.5%. These figures aren’t merely indicators of improved performance—they represent a near-complete mastery of mathematics at a level that most humans, including professional mathematicians, will never attain.
This proficiency effectively "solves" the problem of applying AI to complex mathematical reasoning. It marks a pivotal moment because benchmarks are proxies for real-world mathematical ability, which underpins countless scientific and technological fields.