OpenAI vs Google: AI Models Score Gold at 2025 Math Olympiad

OpenAI and Google DeepMind AI models win gold at IMO 2025—what it means for AI rivalry, talent, and reasoning benchmarks.
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OpenAI vs Google: AI Models Score Gold at 2025 Math Olympiad
OpenAI vs Google: AI Models Score Gold at 2025 Math Olympiad The OpenAI vs Google rivalry just hit a new level—this time, in one of the most prestigious math competitions in the world. Both tech giants independently announced that their AI models achieved gold-medal scores at the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) , outperforming most human participants and marking a major milestone in AI’s ability to solve complex reasoning tasks. These results have triggered both admiration and controversy, with AI researchers and tech insiders analyzing what this says about the future of artificial intelligence—and who’s winning the race. Image Credits:ChristianChan/Shutterstock Unlike previous years, both companies entered informal AI systems capable of reading natural language problems and generating full, proof-based answers without human intervention. That’s a huge leap from Google’s 2024 attempt, which relied on a more “formal” system requiring human translation of math problems into c…