Fields medallist 'cried' after OpenAI released 700+ AI-generated math manuscripts
miniapeur · x · 2026-10-11
OpenAI's release of over 700 AI-generated mathematical manuscripts, including work on 16 questions directly relevant to his research, left Fields medallist Hugo Duminil-Copin deeply shaken. Per Le Monde: "On Tuesday night, I cried, and it woke up my daughter" — "They have annihilated my field of research." The move is sending shockwaves through the mathematics community.
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