OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians
OpenAI's new math advisory group is already mired in confusion over independence and a rush of claimed breakthroughs.
Mathematicians announced the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, a nine-member body meant to independently advise OpenAI and other labs on reviewing and communicating math results. OpenAI's louder announcement created confusion over whether AGMAI was company-appointed; member Martin Hairer said the group is unpaid, independent, and not restricted beyond confidentiality for early research access. The group formed after criticism of how OpenAI handled claims around the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem. OpenAI says an unreleased model has resolved more than 100 long-standing open problems and wants help coordinating their release.