Do you really think that if a Chinese model had achieved a significant math breakthrough that it wouldn't be trumpeted to the global media? The "Deepseek moment" was great for China; this would be the same.

That might be true, but it's irrelevant to the current discussion, which is arguing about whether or not Chinese models can do this now. One of the commentators above is arguing that it's not only possible but significantly cheaper (i.e. Chinese models are not only at par with frontier but several months ahead).

I haven't seen leprechauns, at least not without the aid of xiao ren ren mushrooms, but I'm still pretty sure they don't exist.

So why didn't anyone with access to Chinese models do it. They're open-source, right? So you're telling me no-one could afford $1K to solve a problem like this?

(hint: it's BS, the Chinese models either can't do it or can at the same or greater cost)