Martin Hairer

2026-10-08

RESEARCH · 1 SOURCE · The Decoder

Mathematicians call for OpenAI boycott after publication of hundreds of AI-generated proofs

After OpenAI released more than 700 AI-generated mathematical manuscripts, the Association for Human Mathematics (AHM), chaired by Fields Medalist Terence Tao, urged mathematicians to boycott the company, accusing it of violating core research norms by flooding the field with dense, hard-to-verify proofs. The dispute, which follows OpenAI's claim that an internal model solved 100+ open math problems and the creation of an advisory group AGMAI, centers on whether problems should count as solved before human-verifiable, readable proofs and on attribution/training-data concerns.

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2026-09-28

RESEARCH · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

OpenAI forms independent Advisory Group on Mathematics and AI amid community pushback

OpenAI and several eminent mathematicians are associated with the newly announced Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AGMAI), which members say is independent and receives no financial or technical support from OpenAI. The announcement and OpenAI’s louder rollout caused confusion about the group’s independence, and AGMAI’s first task—coordinating the release of many results from an unreleased OpenAI model—has raised concern among researchers about credit, pacing, and impacts on the field.

7.0

2026-09-23

RESEARCH · 2 SOURCES · TechCrunch AI · The Verge AI

OpenAI forms advisory group on mathematics and AI, hosted at Institute for Advanced Study

OpenAI announced an independent Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence hosted at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton to give mathematicians input on the company’s math-focused research. OpenAI said the same internal model recently resolved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize problem and more than 100 other open problems; the group will assess significance and coordinate releases but won’t have authority over OpenAI’s research pacing.

8.0

2026-09-18

REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · The Decoder

42 leading mathematicians warn Royal Society that advanced AI poses real and urgent existential risk

An open letter to the president of the Royal Society from 42 mathematical fellows — including Fields Medalists Martin Hairer, Peter Scholze and Wendelin Werner — warns that advanced AI presents a real and urgent existential risk. The letter, citing rapid progress (it notes leading models from OpenAI and Anthropic have recently solved open research problems, including one Millennium Problem), says similar fast gains could produce superhuman capabilities in domains such as cybersecurity, autonomous weapons, biological and chemical development, and targeted misinformation.

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