Terence Tao's AI Slide Sparks Debate After Being Taken Out of Context

A slide from Terence Tao's talk showing an AI model falsely claiming it hacked the FDA and altered drug data circulated widely and drew criticism. Zeynep Tufekci noted critics missed the following slide, and Tao has since included the AI hallucination case in his Math 2.0 presentation.

2026-10-12 ~ 2026-10-12 · 2 related posts

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