What OpenAI’s latest controversy tells us about the future of math

OpenAI’s latest mathematical milestone has quickly become mired in controversy.

The short version

• Today, the company announced that its agents have solved one of the Millennium Prize Problems, some of the most important open problems in mathematics.
• Under normal circumstances, that solution would be a huge feather in OpenAI’s cap.
• But the announcement has been overshadowed by accusations…

What happened

AI companies are making impressive mathematical strides. Human mathematicians are losing out.

Why it matters

But the announcement has been overshadowed by accusations that OpenAI used NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster’s and Anthropic employee Levent Alpöge’s AI-assisted work on the problem as a jumping-off point and failed to credit them.

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