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OpenAI, Anthropic, and other labs have recently announced breakthroughs on long-standing mathematical problems, including resolving one of the famous Millennium Prize problems. These results pushed capabilities beyond what researchers expected current systems to be able to do. However, these achievements sparked backlash rather than celebration. OpenAI claims it is learning from earlier mistakes, but mathematicians describe its recent actions as messy and confusing.

To repair relations with a community it has alienated, OpenAI announced an independent panel of mathematicians on Monday. This group advises AI companies on how to interact with mathematical research and release new results. Researchers told The Verge that while this is a good first step, they have basic questions about the group’s actual power and whether OpenAI will listen. There are also concerns that such a small group cannot represent the wider mathematical community.

OpenAI recently claimed a solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems offering a $1 million reward. The company stated it used an internal AI model alongside 10,000 concurrent agents to find this solution after August 28th. While OpenAI says this is a historic achievement, many mathematicians view the company as an impossibly well-resourced interloper charging into problems without regard for academic norms.

Controversy surrounds the data used to train these models and the speed of their announcements. Mathematician Andreas Thom accused OpenAI of unethical behavior regarding unpublished work and lack of transparency. He noted that his area of expertise was involved in one of the results announced with fanfare. Abhishek Saha, a professor at Queen Mary University of London, explained that OpenAI has engaged in actions mathematicians generally will not do. James Maynard, a Fields Medal winner at Oxford, is grappling with how this rapidly transforming discipline affects his field’s future.