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Altman: OpenAI's AI math results will keep coming, despite researcher strain

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in a Cheeky Pint podcast episode released Thursday, acknowledged the strain that AI-generated mathematical results have placed on researchers, saying he has empathy for their struggles. However, he affirmed the company will continue releasing such findings, hinting at more discoveries to come, and argued that the world deserves to understand how the universe works.

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  1. The Verge AIRobert Hart
    Sam Altman sympathizes with mathematicians, but says OpenAI’s math onslaught won’t stop

    After months of bombarding mathematicians with a relentless stream of AI-generated results, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he sympathizes with researchers struggling to make sense of it all. But he has no intention of stopping - and hints there could be much more to come from the company's stockpile of discoveries. "I think, on net, the world deserves to understand how the universe works," Altman said during an episode of the Cheeky Pint podcast released Thursday. "But I do have empathy for the method." His comments mark one of the first times the OpenAI chief has directly acknowledged the company's impact on mathematicians, following a strin … Read the full story at The Verge.

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