Caltech's Mathathon Responds to Backlash Over AI Math Contest
Mathathon, a Caltech undergrad-organized contest giving 100 teams compute to tackle open math problems in 40 hours, faced an open letter criticizing its incentive structure; organizers responded by pledging a responsible AI mathematics experiment.
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