OpenAI has formed the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AGMAI), an independent body composed of nine elite mathematicians. The group was announced on September 21 through a guest post by UCLA professor Terence Tao. According to the group's mission, AGMAI will advise OpenAI and other frontier AI labs on the "review and communication of emerging results."
PartnershipsOpenAIAdvisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI forms advisory group as tensions rise with mathematicians
AGMAI members, including Imperial College London professor Martin Hairer, emphasized that the group operates independently and receives no financial or technical support from OpenAI. However, the group's formation follows significant friction between OpenAI and the mathematical community. Researchers have expressed concerns over OpenAI's recent handling of mathematical breakthroughs, citing issues such as unclear credit, "shoddy" scholarship, and the sudden release of results that may render existing academic work irrelevant.
The advisory group faces a complex first task: coordinating the release of a significant number of results produced by OpenAI's unreleased models. OpenAI has claimed its internal models have resolved more than 100 long-standing open problems. This prospect has heightened anxiety among researchers, who fear that the rapid deployment of AI-generated solutions could disrupt established academic research and career paths.
Sources
- OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians （The Verge AI, 2026-09-28）