Technology · From the edition of Jul 20, 2026
✳ Dated THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2026 ✳
87%certain · Polymarket
MACHINES CRACK THE 1550 MATH BARRIER
as a benchmark once seen as distant falls to the year's fastest-learning models
NEW YORK, December 31 — An AI model has cleared 1550 on the Math Arena leaderboard before the year is out, an outcome traders priced at 87 per cent. The number that once looked like a ceiling is now a floor.
The market moved fast. In a single week the odds jumped 32 points, from a coin-flip to near certainty, as observers watched the top models close the gap.
Higher rungs still hold. Traders give 1575 barely a one-in-three chance and 1600 less than a quarter. The machines cleared this bar; the next one waits.
Source: Polymarket · 87% probability — View market ↗