OpenAI Posts 700+ Math Preprints on GitHub, Stirring Academic Tensions
OpenAI released more than 700 math preprints this week, claiming its models solve longstanding problems, as a group of Fields Medal winners pushes back.
OpenAI released more than 700 mathematics preprints on GitHub this week, according to CNET. The company says its large language models are solving an unprecedented number of longstanding mathematics problems.
The publication has escalated tensions with the academic mathematics community. OpenAI has formed an advisory group hosted at the Institute for Advanced Study, but has not detailed how it will work.
Gary Marcus wrote on Substack that the publication would never pass peer review and that almost nothing can be told from the initial report.
Last month, 28 Fields Medal winners launched a website called Math and AI with an open letter accusing AI companies of having goals severely misaligned with mathematicians. A month before the GitHub release, OpenAI solved the Navier-Stokes equation, a math problem with a $1 million bounty.
Early AI models trained largely on written language frequently made math errors, such as misplacing decimals or hallucinating answers.
Quick answers
What did OpenAI release on GitHub?
OpenAI released more than 700 mathematics preprints on GitHub this week, according to CNET.
Who criticized OpenAI's math preprints?
Gary Marcus wrote on Substack that the publication would never pass peer review and that almost nothing can be told from the initial report.