Mathematicians clash over OpenAI claiming a Millennium Prize problem
gleech · x · 2026-09-11
After OpenAI claimed (or nearly claimed) another Millennium Prize problem, mathematicians are arguing publicly. One critic says OpenAI degraded math by scooping a fellow mathematician; he then flips the argument: the Millennium Prize itself flattened and gamified math, so ruining it may have elevated the discipline — a snapshot of researchers' mixed feelings about AI scooping academic credit.
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