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NYU Professor Accuses OpenAI of Strip Mining User Data in Math Release

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NYU professor Tristan Buckmaster accused OpenAI of using an internal model to harvest private grant applications and research notes for its October 6 release of over 700 mathematical papers, calling the release a PR stunt that competed against its own users.

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  1. SOURCE@choblin29“calling the lab's October 6 dump of 700+ AI-generated math manuscripts a 'PR stunt' dropped without checking if it built on the private work of grad students and postdocs”x.com
  2. SUPPORT@unusual_whales“OpenAI uploaded 722 preprints to a GitHub repository on October 6, each claiming progress on an open math problem”x.com
  3. SUPPORT@hesamation“OpenAI’s massive paper dump wiped out junior research projects overnight”x.com
  4. SUPPORT@miniapeur“They have annihilated my field of research.”x.com
  5. SUPPORT@learnopencv“One would think mathematicians would rejoice at the prospect of learning some new insights from the solution. Instead, they cry like infants.”x.com
  6. SUPPORT@mtslive“A math problem, once it’s posed, belongs to the whole world.”x.com
  7. SUPPORT@0x4d31“being smart should also mean recognising how things are changing and figuring out how to adapt”x.com
  8. SUPPORT@math_files“AI can examine highly compressed, incomplete research notes and identify subtle mathematical mistakes”x.com
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