Mathematicians call for OpenAI boycott after 700+ AI-generated proofs flood the field
The Decoder · rss · 2026-10-09
The Association for Human Mathematics is calling for an OpenAI boycott after the company released more than 700 AI-generated math manuscripts at once, and retracted three the next day over a sign error. Fields Medalist Terence Tao warns that AI's mass "harvesting" of open problems leaves entire branches of mathematics less fertile.
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