On October 6, 2026, OpenAI released a repository of manuscripts claiming solutions to a number of high-profile mathematics problems. The company is currently defending lawsuits over alleged plagiarism, copyright infringement, and trademark dilution.
The Association for Human Mathematics Communications Working Group says mathematicians did not request this work. It notes that the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, from which OpenAI has claimed legitimacy, opened its initial advisory statement by saying that frontier AI corporations should not test advanced mathematical problems on internal models. The group argues that OpenAI's release ignores this central premise and shows disregard for the norms of scientific research that keep mathematics trustworthy, ethically researched, and in the public interest.
The group rejects OpenAI's claim that the release advances the field and urges mathematicians and the public to view this publication model with due skepticism. It describes the release of over 700 files at once as a demonstration of power rather than scholarship.
The working group urges mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and return to a vision of science that centers human understanding.
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