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A prediction market bets on AI solving math the same week mathematicians say it can't

Kalshi's own board is running a fresh contract asking whether any AI lab solves a Millennium Prize Problem by October 1, while Scientific American carried 25 Fields Medal and Abel Prize winners rejecting that framing in print.

Both layers, pointed directly at each other.

nextTech's quietest board sits underneath its loudest real week of the monthFood's near-tied lead system gets a same-layer confirmationAI-safety warnings start moving real capital instead of just headlines
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