Mathematicians want proof OpenAI didn’t use their work
Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRobert HartCloseRobert HartPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Robert Hart is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI and a Senior Tarbell Fellow. Previously, he wrote about health, science and tech for Forbes.Another researcher is challenging OpenAI about the data driving its increasingly impressive array of mathematical discoveries. After OpenAI announced its non-sofic groups result, it was widely criticized in mathematical circles for failing to acknowledge recent contributions from Thom and Kun and the company quietly amended its writeup.
- ▪Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRobert HartCloseRobert HartPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Robert Hart is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI an
- ▪Previously, he wrote about health, science and tech for Forbes.Another researcher is challenging OpenAI about the data driving its increasingly impressive array of mathematical discoveries.
- ▪After OpenAI announced its non-sofic groups result, it was widely criticized in mathematical circles for failing to acknowledge recent contributions from Thom and Kun and the company quietly amended its writeup.
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AICloseAIPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All AINewsCloseNewsPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All NewsScienceCloseSciencePosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All ScienceMathematicians want proof OpenAI didn’t use their work Another mathematician accused the company of ‘dishonesty’ after several big breakthroughs. Another mathematician accused the company of ‘dishonesty’ after several big breakthroughs.
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