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Some mathematicians call for OpenAI boycott after AI-generated proofs flood their field

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Some mathematicians call for OpenAI boycott after AI-generated proofs flood their field

The Decoder · Oct 8, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC

The Association for Human Mathematics is calling for an OpenAI boycott after the company released more than 700 AI-generated math manuscripts at once. OpenAI had to retract three papers the next day over a sign error. Fields Medalist Terence Tao warns that AI's mass "harvesting" of open problems leaves entire branches of mathematics less fertile.…