Twenty-five Fields Medal winners issued a joint letter on Sept 11 warning that AI companies’ push to solve famous unsolved problems poses “a general threat to intellectual work.” The signatories said the goals of AI firms and the mathematical community are “severely misaligned,” following OpenAI’s claim that a Millennium Prize Problem was cracked in days.
WHO:Twenty-five Fields Medal winners, including Terence Tao
WHAT:Fields Medal winners issued a joint letter warning that AI companies’ efforts to solve unsolved problems threaten intellectual work in mathematics
WHEN:Reported Sep 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM ET
WHERE:USA
WHY:The warning was triggered by the rush by AI companies to solve famous unsolved problems, following OpenAI’s claim that a Millennium Prize Problem was cracked in days.
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