Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

According to TechCrunch, the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence is meant to give mathematicians more input into the company's math-oriented research.[1] OpenAI writes that the group "will serve as a bridge to the mathematical community and broader public."[2]TechCrunch reports that the announcement comes after the abrupt publication of a solution to the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem.[1] OpenAI says "the pace of its progress in mathematics has surprised the mathematicians within OpenAI."[2]TechCrunch also reports that 25 Fields Medal-winning mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work[1] earlier this month.TechCrunch says that members won't be paid, but they can offer unsolicited advice, go public with their views, and control their own membership.[1] TechCrunch also reports that the group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.[1]The Institute for Advanced Study said in a press release, as quoted by TechCrunch, that "the responsibility for the decisions made by any company will rest with that company."[1]According to HyperAI, the group is composed of nine prominent mathematicians, including Institute for Advanced Study scholar Camillo De Lellis.[3]In a guest post on Terence Tao's blog, the group says it faces "the very specific challenge of advising OpenAI on how to coordinate the release of a large number of significant results."[4]