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‘Slop mathematics’: OpenAI walks away from a Caltech AI maths contest

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OpenAI has pulled its $1m sponsorship of a student-run AI maths event at Caltech. Mathematicians had signed an open letter calling for the event to be scrapped. The next day, 25 Fields Medallists published a separate declaration of their own. Two letters in two days, from two different groups, is t…

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  1. 2026-09-14 12:44 · The Next Web
    ‘Slop mathematics’: OpenAI walks away from a Caltech AI maths contest

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