Ladish Shares Claim on OpenAI Math Choices

Jeffrey Ladish tweeted that OpenAI employee merettm indicated the company could strengthen its models in math yet has not pursued that path because it is not a current focus. Ladish called the reported restraint striking given recent gains in the area. The post includes a screenshot from an OpenAI page. The statement stands as Ladish's account of what merettm said and his own reaction to it. No separate confirmation of the underlying remark appears in the supplied posts.