OpenAI forms independent math advisory group for AI results
OpenAI announced it is working with an independent Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AGMAI) to guide the review and communication of emerging AI mathematical results. The group will advise on the evaluation and publication of internal models' results, including over 100 claimed solved open problems, though the group won't have authority to slow or redirect research. The move follows a reputational crisis over OpenAI's mathematical results and caught many mathematicians by surprise.
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OpenAI is working with an independent Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence to guide the review and communication of emerging AI results.
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OpenAI : OpenAI says it is working with an independent advisory group of mathematicians to responsibly share math-related AI advances — Loading... On August 28, we began training a new internal model. In addition to resolving the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem, this model has now resolved …
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The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.
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After turning a string of spectacular mathematical results into a reputational crisis , OpenAI is consulting human mathematicians to help it figure out a less disastrous path forward. On Monday, the company announced a new independent panel of mathematicians tasked with advising it and other AI companies on their interactions with mathematical research and the wider mathematics community, including how new results are presented and released. Its abrupt arrival caught many mathematicians by surprise. Researchers told The Verge the group is a good first step, but many said they were left with basic questions about what it will actually do, how … Read the full story at The Verge.
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