Alphabet's Google and OpenAI said their artificial-intelligence models won gold medals at a global mathematics competition, signaling a breakthrough in math capabilities in the race to build powerful systems that can rival human intelligence.

The Google DeepMind team participated in last year's IMO competition using an AI composed of the AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 models. This setup was able to get four of the six questions correct, earning silver medal status—only half of the human participants earn any medal at all.

Alphabet's Google and OpenAI achieved a milestone by winning gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad, solving complex problems with AI models. This signals AI's growing capability in reasoning and problem-solving.