Fields Medal winner says he cried after OpenAI released solutions to unsolved math problems
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-13
A Fields Medal-winning mathematician said he cried after OpenAI released hundreds of proposed solutions to unsolved math problems, declaring that "they have annihilated my field of research," reigniting debate over frontier models disrupting basic research.
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