OpenAI Dumps 377 New Math Results on GitHub, Publishes Hand-Wringing Blog Post
OpenAI has released 377 new mathematical results on GitHub, including a claimed proof of the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer leading term formula under specific conditions. The company published a blog post addressing expert concerns, stating its intention to responsibly release the internal model that generated these findings. This move follows criticism from the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence regarding the use of proprietary models for advanced scientific testing.
- ▪OpenAI released 377 new math results on GitHub, including a proof of the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer leading term formula for certain elliptical curves.
- ▪The results were produced by an internal, unreleased model that previously generated an exception disproving the Navier-Stokes equations.
- ▪The Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence at the Institute for Advanced Study has criticized frontier AI labs for testing advanced problems on inaccessible proprietary models.
- ▪OpenAI stated it is working with the Advisory Group to develop best practices and includes protocols for paper revisions and citations in its release.
- ▪OpenAI spokesperson Lindsay McCallum Rémy confirmed that the company is incorporating community feedback to improve standards for sharing scientific advances.
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On Tuesday, OpenAI continued its all-out assault on mathematicians’ peace of mind and sense of career stability by releasing 377 new math results in the form of an info-dump on GitHub. What kinds of accomplishments is OpenAI claiming now? Well, one paper chosen at random claims to have proven “the full Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer leading term formula.” So that’s pretty good. But don’t get to excited because apparently it’s only for the elliptical curves over ℚ, and even then, only when their full “q-power Selmer group has a corank zero or one at some prime q,” sorry to…
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