OpenAI Releases GPT-5.1: Math Reasoning Approaches IMO Gold Medal Level, Tutoring Market Impacted

OpenAI releases GPT-5.1, with math reasoning ability approaching IMO gold medalists. Accuracy reaches 91%. After the announcement, math Olympiad tutoring market stocks fell collectively.

OpenAI today released GPT-5.1 update, the first major iteration after GPT-5.

Math Ability Breakthrough

GPT-5.1 achieved significant improvement in math reasoning:

AIME competition: Accuracy improved from 98% to 99.5%
IMO gold medal problems: Accuracy improved from 87% to 91%
Advanced mathematics (calculus, linear algebra): First to surpass average college student level

Market Reaction

After the announcement, related education company stocks fell:

TAL Education: -8.3%
New Oriental: -6.7%
Gaosi Education: -9.2%

Analysts believe AI math ability popularization will reshape the K12 math tutoring market.

Technical Explanation

OpenAI states GPT-5.1 uses a new "chain of thought enhancement" technology, allowing the model to derive complex math problems step by step like humans.

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