Bronstein: math's authorship chivalry poisoned by a 'cutthroat company'
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-09-09
Reacting to the controversy over AI models claiming credit for mathematical proofs, Michael Bronstein argues that math has long preserved a tradition of authorship chivalry—with few exceptions—and that a cutthroat AI company has poisoned that norm. The remark adds a heavyweight voice to the ongoing dispute over how frontier labs and their models share credit for mathematical breakthroughs.
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