AI Matches Humans With 100% Maths Olympiad Score in China | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Ah, brilliant. Just when you thought AI couldn't get any more insufferably smug, Huawei and Xiaohongshu—yes, the company that brings you Little Red Book, the social shopping platform—have produced models that scored a perfect 42/42 at the 2026 International Mathematical Olympiad. Because nothing says 'we're ready for AGI' like an AI that can solve geometry problems better than a teenager from Shanghai.

So now we have models that beat the best young mathematicians on Earth. What's next? AI that wins Fields Medals? AI that invents new mathematics? And where will that leave the rest of us? Probably writing cover letters for jobs that don't exist yet. The labs will, of course, spin this as a triumph of 'human-machine collaboration,' by which they mean 'machines do the work, humans write the press release.'

Meanwhile, the gap between what these systems can do and what we regulate them to do grows wider by the day. The IMO is a lovely benchmark, but it's not exactly a safety evaluation. Still, congratulations to Huawei and Xiaohongshu—you've built the world's most overqualified calculator. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go revise my mental arithmetic before the bots make me look even more obsolete.