Formalizing CPython

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AI agents rewrote 4,071 functions of CPython in Lean, producing over 613,000 lines of machine-checked proofs and uncovering 418 bugs, including 55 memory corruption or crash vulnerabilities. The project highlights how formal verification combined with AI-assisted code modeling can identify deep edge-case bugs in complex, mature software bases. Open article →