GoKawiilOpenAI's new math advisory group sparks confusion among mathematicians
OpenAI has formed an independent nine-member Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, announced via a post on Terence Tao's blog, meant to help review and communicate the company's mathematical results. The group's first task is reportedly helping coordinate release of numerous new results from an unreleased OpenAI model, but mathematicians who spoke to The Verge, including a group member, described the rollout as messy and confusing.
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The episode suggests OpenAI is struggling to rebuild trust with mathematicians after earlier disputes over how it announced AI-driven results, despite explicitly designing the group for independence. Researchers' unease about a coming wave of AI-generated proofs hints at broader anxiety about how automated results could reshape norms of verification and credit in mathematics.
- OpenAI formed AGMAI, a nine-member independent advisory group on math and AI.
- The group's first job is coordinating release of many new results from an unreleased OpenAI model.
- Mathematicians describe the announcement and rollout as confusing, echoing past communication failures.
Source: theverge.com — Robert Hart, 2026-09-28
Published there as: “OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians”
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