Nearly 500 Mathematicians Sign Open Letter Against AI Math Hackathon

Nearly 500 mathematicians, including researchers from Caltech, Harvard, MIT and other top schools, have signed an open letter protesting the Caltech Mathathon, an AI-sponsored hackathon challenging participants to solve open math problems with LLMs, calling its $2 million in AI company sponsorship research misconduct.

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