OpenAI algorithm for the FFT is less a breakthrough and more a malicious exploit

OpenAI claimed to have developed a faster Fourier Transform algorithm in a recent paper, but researcher Ben Recht argues the proposed method is not a genuine breakthrough but rather a "malicious exploit." The Fast Fourier Transform, invented in 1965, is a fundamental algorithm that reduces computation from n² to approximately 5n log(n) operations, and while researchers have long sought ways to reduce the constant factor, Recht's analysis suggests OpenAI's approach doesn't legitimately achieve this improvement.