Harvard physics professor leaves OpenAI to join Neolab, betting on AI-driven physics
ns123abc · x · 2026-11-11
khoomeik announces that Xi, a Professor of Physics at Harvard for 18 years, is joining Neolab (an OpenAI spin-out). He argues that as AI eats mathematics, top theoretical physicists are reorienting toward bridging theory and experiment — harder to hill-climb but far more impactful. A telling signal of talent flowing from pure theory into AI-driven labs.
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