All the drama around AI’s takeover of mathematics
OpenAI's claimed math breakthroughs, including a Millennium Prize problem, drew backlash over academic norms.
A Verge roundup describes backlash after OpenAI, Anthropic, and other labs announced solutions to long-standing math problems, including OpenAI's claim to have solved a Millennium Prize problem unsolved for about 90 years. Mathematicians accuse the company of scooping, weak credit, and unclear training-data origins; Andreas Thom questioned whether earlier ChatGPT interactions contributed to a non-sofic groups result built on work with Gabor Kun. OpenAI has formed an independent mathematician advisory panel on how results are presented, while researchers worry about a coming wave of results from an unreleased model.
- OpenAI claims an unreleased model solved a Millennium Prize problem open about 90 years.
- An independent mathematician panel will advise how new results are released.
- Researchers allege scooping and question whether chatbot chats shaped results.
- Andreas Thom says one result relied heavily on prior work with Gabor Kun.
- Vendors
- OpenAI
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This past year, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other labs have announced breakthroughs on numerous long-standing mathematical problems, in some cases pushing well beyond what researchers expected current systems to be capable of — including resolving one of the famous Millennium Prize problems.
By Robert Hart · theverge.com
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