Solving 84% of IMO Problems with AI

DeepMind researchers at Google have announced that the AI system AlphaGeometry2 has improved its performance in solving International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) problems, advancing from a silver medal level to gold. The first version of this AI, called AlphaGeometry, was introduced in January 2024. After several enhancements in its second version, its ability to solve complex geometric problems has significantly increased.

In a recent study, AlphaGeometry2 was tested on geometry problems from the past 25 years of the IMO. It successfully solved 84% of these problems, compared to just 54% in the previous model. Furthermore, in the IMO 2024 summer exam, the AI correctly solved 42 out of 50 problems, surpassing the average score of gold medalists.

Kevin Buzzard from Imperial College London believes that computers will soon be able to achieve a perfect score in the IMO.