Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman is reportedly joining OpenAI for AI safety
Teknium · x · 2026-07-24
A post says Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman is pivoting toward AI safety and will be joining OpenAI soon. The attached paper-review screenshot argues that his work is highly impressive, notes his failed attempts to find a counterexample, and suggests AI systems may have an edge because they can keep exploring longer in difficult mathematical territory.
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