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Math Researchers Abandon Openness After OpenAI's 700 Paper Release

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Mathematician Hugo Duminil-Copin says researchers may stop sharing problems publicly due to AI solving open problems, with OpenAI releasing over 700 mathematical manuscripts including work on 16 problems he was researching. The shift has affected Northwestern University, where students are questioning staying in the field and professor Antonio Auffinger is focusing on talent retention. OpenAI formed the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AGMAI) to bridge to the community, though AGMAI clarified its advisory role was not an endorsement of OpenAI's processes or a judgment of the results' impact.

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  1. SOURCE@miniapeur“OpenAI’s release of more than 700 AI-generated mathematical manuscripts, including work on 16 questions directly relevant to his research”x.com
  2. SOURCE@rohanpaul_ai“Some students at Northwestern University are now asking whether they should stay in mathematics at all”x.com
  3. SUPPORT@hesamation“some mathematicians may now keep their research problems to themselves rather than share them publicly”x.com
  4. SUPPORT@learnopencv“They are clearly not pursuing knowledge. They are pursuing a career.”x.com
  5. SUPPORT@andrewcurran_“OpenAI actually sat on this release for a long time, and formed the independent Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence”x.com
  6. SUPPORT@andrewcurran_“AGMAI’s advisory role should not be interpreted as a judgment of the impact of these results or an endorsement of the process”x.com
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