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A code editor autonomously beats the official answer to a research problem

development2026-03-04

Claim

Cursor's AI solved Problem Six of the First Proof challenge fully autonomously over four days, beating the official human answer without hints.

Reported metric: 4 days

Reporting date: 2026-03-04 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to March 4, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Welcome to March 4, 2026

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Cursor

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Supersedes

Gauss formalizes a Fields Medal proof and finds two errors in it

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A code editor autonomously beats the official answer to a research problem
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-03-04
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-03-04-cursor-solves-first-proof-problem-six
Claim: Cursor's AI solved Problem Six of the First Proof challenge fully autonomously over four days, beating the official human answer without hints.
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- Welcome to March 4, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-march-4-2026
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