25 Fields Medalists, led by Terence Tao, sign letter against OpenAI
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-09-12
Gary Marcus amplifies that 25 Fields Medalists, led by Terence Tao, have signed a letter targeting OpenAI — "OpenAI fucked with the wrong crew." Commenters call it the beginning of AI disruption and argue a new social contract around AI use is needed, with math being only the first front. The episode marks a public escalation between top academics and a frontier AI lab.
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