OpenAI forms independent advisory group on mathematics and AI
OpenAI announces it is working with mathematicians to responsibly advance and share AI breakthroughs in mathematics.
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What to know
- OpenAI is establishing an independent advisory group composed of mathematicians.
- The group's mandate is to ensure responsible sharing and advancement of math-related AI capabilities.
- This follows OpenAI's pattern of seeking external oversight for high-impact research areas.
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“On the face of it, this looks like a huge breakthrough. A maths problem that the entire mathematical world had failed to solve for nearly a century, solved by an AI. … That was until mathematician Tristan Buckmaster and his colleague Levent Alpöge entered the discussion, basically accusing OpenAI of espionage, theft, and plagiarism.” —Will…
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There are three big things in this announcement it seems.> In addition to resolving the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize problem , this model has now resolved more than 100 long-standing open problems across most areas of mathematics.Rumor was they were sitting on the solution to the Hodge conjecture. I wonder if thats one of these.> The group will…
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We're working with an independent advisory group of mathematicians to help OpenAI responsibly share advances in AI and mathematics. The group will advise on how we assess and communicate new mathematical results, uphold academic and professional standards, and build tools that support mathematical...
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4 outlets OpenAI's unreleased AI model solves 100+ maths problems after less than a month of training
first by Moneycontrol, 2d ago · also The Neuron, Will Lockett's Newsletter, The Decoder
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- OpenAI Says Its AI Solved 100+ Open Math Problems. Can Researchers Keep Up? The Neuron · 2d ago
- No, AI Didn't Solve That Maths Problem Will Lockett's Newsletter · 2d ago
- OpenAI says its internal model solved over 100 long-standing math problems after just a month of training The Decoder · 1d ago
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So # OpenAI wants to be friends again? https:// openai.com/index/advisory-grou p-on-mathematics-and-ai/ It's hard to understand what this means. Everything is so slick and a bit meaningless. Maybe they used AI to write their statement? "Importantly, the group will not be responsible for advising us on how to pace our internal progress on…
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A mathematician's suggestion:I would push for an audit of the whole mathematical corpus (all articles etc ingested by the present AI) as soon as possible. Since there are of the order of 10^7 articles, compared with the progression of results announced, this might be possible in less than a year.All these results exploit the existing corpus. With…
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It doesn't really matter if it holds or not to be honest, the 'crisis' is here already and if not navier stokes now, probably in the not to distant future
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The composition of the panel might give us some clues as to the nature of OpenAI's unreleased results. Some of Ed Witten's work is quite closely related to the Yang Mills existence and mass gap problem, which is one of the remaining Millennium problems. I went through the list of panel members and asked an LLM to associate each member of the panel…
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I would not attribute this attitude to the entire Math community, there clearly are many who are reacting negatively to this, as evidenced by several comments on various forums including this one. People are understandably upset about their chosen profession and livelihood being upended and reacting accordingly, similar to how people from other…
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> The group will operate independently from OpenAI. The group will have the freedom to offer advice we have not requested, comment on OpenAI’s impact on mathematics, and make its advice public.That seems so empty. I also operate independently from them and have the freedom to tell them things they haven't requested and comment on their impact and…
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> We are currently facing the very specific challenge of advising OpenAI on how to coordinate the release of a large number of significant results in mathematics that they report have been produced by their internal model.The only thing I want to see is the problem statements, solutions, and associated Lean proofs. Anything else is gatekeeping…
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> Importantly, the group will not be responsible for advising us on how to pace our internal progress on mathematics.Worthless then isn't it? Next month there could be another 1,000 solutions to handle.This is more pointless than Facebook's Oversight Board - at least that one Facebook pretends has power.
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Sources: ⚪ Hacker News +0 → https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/21/advisory-group-on-mathematics-and-artificial-intelligence/ 🟢 TechCrunch +60 →
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I don't really get it, seems like a gate keeping exercise for the academic community.Of course OpenAI and others will hype any LLM led/assisted research results, and the media will find juicy headlines to write about it. But in the end they are publishing findings, and the academic community can gauge the developments and decide what they want to…
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No, I don't think they are adapting well. I've seen 3d designer at my company adapting better on the disruption and paradigm shifts GPT-6 Astra is going to cause.The 3D designers are in a tougher situation because it's far less of abstract issue then math, and yet the results are astounding. It's hard to believe until you see it yourself. It's…
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A comment on the linked post from Burt Totaro:> If I thought this was a good thing to do, this would be a great group of people to do it. But I have immediate misgivings. OpenAI has had some very bad publicity, and so they are trying to exploit the trust and respect that these mathematicians command. It is unrealistic to think that this group can…
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>Every major statement I've seen come out of the math community on this matter reads as well thought-through, humble, reasoned, and deeply human.Can't disagree with "deeply human", but I wouldn't always use it in a positive sense:https://proofsandprompts.com/2026/09/10/open-letter-about-th...>Participation in an event so closely associated with…
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Agreed.Their field is extremely rigorous. As rigorous as it can possibly get in that they have to prove each and every line of their work beyond any doubt. The discipline they have cultivated in their culture shows in their response to AI as well.As opposed to some other fields in which rigor was either not part of the culture or was not always…
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The purpose is obvious - AI companies are using math to as a PR tool to demonstrate that AI is more capable than humans. This devalues math and mathematicians. There is even a relevant announcement from today, where OpenAI announced they solve 100 open math problems, without even bothering to state what they are.However, even if they are…
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I knew mathematicians were a smart bunch, but honestly, the events of the past few weeks have really given me a new level of respect for them.They might be the first community I've seen to experience the AI "rush" and (at least as presented to an outside observer) immediately come together, assess the situation, and calmly, empathetically, and…
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> Rumor was they were sitting on the solution to the Hodge conjectureI think someone at OpenAI (Brockman?) claimed they had "made substantial progress on it", but there is a mathematician on Twitter offering a $25,000 bet, with no takers, that they have not solved it, and that the "substantial progress" they have probably made would still leave…
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Mathematics has enough cultural capital within the AI companies that they get to have this "advisory board".Nobody else is getting that. When/If the severe impacts on labor materialize, workers won't get an advisory board. They will just get fired, and the companies will celebrate it as efficiency wins.I think it's time to get very very real about…
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More evidence that ASI has arrived. An AI model that OpenAI started training less than a month ago has “resolved more than 100 long-standing open problems across most areas of mathematics.
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the next math solution OpenAI is sitting on (and how it's related to RSI):
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Math Can’t Go On Like This https://www. theatlantic.com/technology/202 6/09/math-crisis-openai-millennium-prize/688631/?gift=aNZBV04QNsKmlCbcQboin9zbQpnkYxHIMuyS-FzGNUs