# Exclusive interview with Zhejiang University's Yang Yihao: What does the 72-hour autonomous AI research livestream aim to prove with the "Qiushi Engine"?

- Source: 甲子光年 · 微信公众号
- Published: 2026-10-20T09:42:17.000Z
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- Original: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzU5OTI0NTc3Mg==&mid=2247559355&idx=1&sn=31389da0efbe8c4dea3b9045fcb5731c&chksm=ffb5786b233f106faa400a1fe5ddddf116a5a322edd1d976a58680581ff3c997b6d5cbe9cb90&scene=126&sessionid=1792489525#rd

## Summary

Jiazi Guangnian conducted an exclusive interview with Zhejiang University researcher Yang Yihao about the "Qiushi Engine"'s 72-hour autonomous AI research livestream at the Yunqi Conference: about two hours into the broadcast, the lower bound for the 32-dimensional kissing number rose from 346432 to 346944, and after the livestream ended, the team announced that it had advanced known lower bounds in 10 dimensions.